[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 22 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE PASSING OF DR. STEPHEN LEVIN

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 9, 2012

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, it was with tremendous sadness that I 
learned today of the passing of Dr. Stephen Levin. Dr. Levin was one of 
our Nation's foremost experts in occupational and environmental 
medicine and in his career cared for thousands of Americans with work-
related injuries and illnesses. But New Yorkers may know Dr. Levin best 
at the Director of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical 
Screening Program, where he helped identify the emergence of 9/11-
related illnesses and led the medical community's response to this 
unprecedented health crisis.
  The Medical Screening Program was a precursor to the current World 
Trade Center Health Program, whch was enshrined in law by the James 
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, a bill I authored with 
Congressmen Nadler and King and on which I worked with Dr. Levin to 
pass. Without Dr. Levin's pioneering research, service, and dedication 
to 9/11 responders, volunteers, and survivors, we may never have passed 
the Zadroga Act.
  This is no doubt a terribly sad time for Dr. Levin's loved ones, but 
I hope they will be comforted by the fact that his life was so well-
lived, and by the thoughts and prayers of thousands of Americans whose 
lives are immeasurably better because of his work.

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