A broad coalition of unions, along with World Trade Center first-responders and survivors, got off to a strong start in the nation’s capital Feb. 25 in convincing members of Congress to sign up as co-sponsors for permanent funding for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund which is running out of money and is set to close next year.
At a packed Washington D.C. press conference, comedian Jon Stewart, a long-time 9/11 health advocate, told reporters that the latest lobbying renewed an uphill climb for WTC first-responders and survivors to get the care and support they and their families require.
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