[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   INTRODUCTION OF THE JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT

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                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 24, 2008

  Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, today, I joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney and 
my colleagues from New York in introducing a revised version of the 
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
  Working closely with the AFL-CIO, the City of New York, the local 
community, the House Leadership, and the Committees of jurisdiction we 
have revised the bill to reduce the overall cost of the bill while 
ensuring that it will provide a comprehensive, long term solution to 
problems faced by first responders, area residents, workers, students, 
and others in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks 
on the World Trade Center.
  I am pleased that we are making progress on this legislation, and I 
appreciate all of the work that has gone into the bill by all of the 
parties involved. I particularly want to thank Speaker Pelosi and the 
Democratic Leadership for helping to coordinate and focus our efforts. 
I am aware that more work remains to further refine the bill, but we 
are well on our way to finalizing an excellent piece of legislation 
that will help thousands of victims of the September 11 attacks. I am 
hopeful that Congress will be able to act swiftly to move this bill by 
the seventh anniversary of the attacks, and that the bill will be 
signed into law before the end of this Congress.

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