[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             RECA EXCLUSION

  (Ms. BUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BUSH. Mr. Speaker, St. Louis and I rise to express our grave 
disappointment that neither the extension nor the expansion of the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is included in this spending bill.
  Decades ago, our government dumped radioactive waste in communities 
all across the country, including in my district. To this day, many of 
my constituents are sick and dying because of their exposure. World War 
II is still killing people in my district.
  We were wronged by the Federal Government. Rather than taking 
responsibility to make it right, Congress couldn't spare a dime on this 
bipartisan issue, this bipartisan effort, to compensate the victims. 
Why is it that we always have money for endless war but never enough to 
repair the harm war has caused?
  It is past time that this body gets its priorities straight, takes 
full responsibility, cleans up this waste, and compensates those who 
have been harmed. The majority has 78 days.

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