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Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney, Jerrold Nadler, and Peter King, lead sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today offered the following joint statement praising the WTC Health Program Cancer Interim Final Rule, which amends the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List) found in the WTC Health Program regulations, and results in four specific cancers -- brain, cervix… Read more »

U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), authors of H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, today issued the following statement on the 3-year anniversary of the legislation being signed into law. “Our country made a promise and has a responsibility to care for the first responders, cleanup workers and residents… Read more »

Today, New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D), Jerrold Nadler (D) and Peter King (R) released the following statement in response to the newly released Second Annual Status Report of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund:   The fact that there have only been 112 compensation decisions issued by the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) is deeply disappointing. While we are… Read more »

Tomorrow, October 3rd, is the deadline to register for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). The VCF provides financial assistance to first responders and survivors injured in the aftermath of the attacks and the recovery effort. “On September 11, 2001, and in the weeks following, first responders and community survivors displayed unparalleled bravery and courage as they risked… Read more »

Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY), lead sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, today offered the following joint statement praising approval of the final rule which adds prostate cancer to the official List of WTC-Related Health Conditions: “Today’s decision by Dr. James Howard, WTC Health Program… Read more »

 Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney [D-NY], Jerrold Nadler [D-NY], and Peter King [R-NY] issued the following statement after publication today of a study of almost 21,000 first responders by the World Trade Center Health Program which shows a 15 percent increased incidence of thyroid, prostate, blood, lymph and soft tissue cancers among first responders in the first seven years after the… Read more »

Today U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) and Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan, Brooklyn), chief House sponsors of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act, joined Sheila Birnbaum, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), to co-host a VCF public forum at Baruch College in Manhattan for persons interested in learning… Read more »

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and Congressman Jerrold Nadler today announced that the company selling imitation 9/11 coins to the public has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it deceived consumers. In 2010, Schumer and Nadler passed legislation that created an official 9/11 medal to support the National September 11th Memorial and Museum at the… Read more »

New York Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D), Jerrold Nadler (D), and Peter King (R) today sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate and President Obama asking that the programs created by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act be exempted from the automatic budget cuts mandated by the 2011 debt-limit bill if no agreement is reached in deficit negotiations between the… Read more »