Editorial Support – 2023
Below are links to editorials in support of injured and ill 9/11 responders, survivors and their families getting the help they need and deserve.
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December 12, 2023 — Newsday — A ‘speaker’ for 9/11 health funding
Advocates and survivors who’ve spent more than a decade fighting for funding for those with 9/11-related illnesses found an unlikely ally.
December 9, 2023 — NY Daily News — Mike Johnson’s 9/11 moment: The House speaker comes through for the World Trade Center Health Program
He found a way to fill in part of the shortfall in the CDC’s WTC Health Program that provides medical care for the responders and survivors who still suffer from the toxic fallout from the WTC’s destruction.
October 26, 2023 — NY Daily News — Speaker Who? Mike Johnson wins the gavel, for now
We were so unfamiliar with this Louisianan from Shreveport, that we didn’t know his name or his face before he rose to the top Tuesday night.
October 22, 2023 — NY Daily News — The center held: Extremist Jim Jordan’s rejection spells hope
They said, correctly, that Jordan failed to support the World Trade Center Health Program.
September 11, 2023 — NY Daily News — Congress isn’t done with 9/11: The World Trade Center Health Program must be fully funded
Down the road medical care for these people will have to be rationed. Should that be our legacy in the years ahead as more and more get sicker and more die?
August 6, 2023 — Newsday — Congress should fix the 9/11 health fund for good
The four Republicans who voted against the amendment — Sens. Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Markwayne Mullin and Tommy Tuberville — all promise year after year to “Never forget.” And yet, they shamefully did.
July 27, 2023 — NY Daily News — Laura Kavanagh’s out-of-town call: On WTC Health Program and lithium-ion batteries, Washington has to deliver
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is on a mission today in Washington to help the injured and dying as well as to prevent more injuries and deaths. She must succeed on both.
May 5, 2023 — NY Daily News — Congress must fully fund the health care for 9/11 heroes
It is unconscionable to have to continually seek support from lawmakers outside New York, and beg for funding for this essential, life-saving program, even while the numbers are clear.
April 16, 2023 — Newsday — Make 9/11 an unforgettable day
Television news doesn’t spend hours covering it. People go about their days, walking past the site, barely stopping to take a moment to remember. The tourists seem to stop for selfies. But remember we must.
March 27, 2023 — NY Daily News — AWOL for 9/11 heroes and victims: Congress must fully fund the World Trade Center Health Program
A promise and threat to hound every member of Congress from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut until they sponsor the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023.
March 1, 2023 — NY Daily News — Help for the 9/11 ailing: Congress can’t stall in passing bill for WTC responders and survivors
There was $1 billion added during the waning moments of last year by Congress, but that only put off the problem for a few years and the cuts now loom in 2027.