Tag: First Responders

9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill has the votes it needs to clear the House

By MICHAEL MCAULIFF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS APR 15, 2019 | 3:46 PM Original story credit Former “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart (C) speaks with US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (6th L), D-NY, US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (8th L), D-NY, and 9/11 first responders, survivors and their families, during a press conference on Capitol Hill in […]

Fight Continues To Replenish 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — They’re not giving up and they’re not taking “no” for an answer. More than 20 9/11 first responders are back in Washington on Wednesday to lobby for a replenished victims compensation fund. Story Credit Retired firefighter Rob Serra has made nearly 20 of these trips. His first day as a New York City firefighter was Sept. 11, […]

Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act and call for its swift passage.

911FirstResponders.org

Read the full story at the link below. WASHINGTON, DC – 9/11 first responders, survivors, and their families joined with Jon Stewart, Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Peter King (R-NY) and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer todayto introduce the bipartisan Never Forget the […]