[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 77 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PROTECTIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS

  (Ms. HOYLE of Oregon asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOYLE of Oregon. Madam Speaker, 2 days ago I got a text from a 
firefighter in my district saying: Get a rare blood cancer and find out 
there is no firefighter cancer registry. The cancer registry is hosted 
by NIOSH, and on April 1 and last week, the agency was gutted.
  In Gresham, Oregon, there was an investigation because we had a 
firefighter who spent months in the hospital after surviving a flash 
fire, and the investigators were fired in the middle of the 
investigation.
  I come from a family of firefighters, one of whom just got diagnosed 
with Parkinson's after spending months at the World Trade Center.
  The fact of the matter is, on 9/11 my Republican colleagues will fall 
all over themselves to thank firefighters and say how they will never 
forget. I will tell you something, we are going to never forget the 
deafening silence and the inaction as these investigators and 
protections for firefighters who put their lives on the line, they did 
nothing and let them die. We will never forget.

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