Archive of News (2019)
House Dems push for 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler, Peter King and others are holding a press conference ahead of vote on the Never Forget The Heroes Act.
House votes to fund and extend 9/11 compensation fund for first responders
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to add billions of dollars to a dwindling compensation fund for 9/11 workers, in legislation honoring a former New York City police detective…
House Votes to Extend 9/11 Fund for Lifetimes of First Responders
The House on Friday approved legislation to replenish a depleted federal fund to compensate emergency workers and others who became ill as a result of their work…
House passes bill to extend 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
The House passed the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill to permanently fund cash payments for first responders, their families and others who were sickened at Ground Zero.
Speaker Pelosi, Maloney, Nadler, King and Advocates Celebrate House Passage of the Never Forget the Heroes Act
Group Calls on Senate and Leader McConnell to Pass Bill Quickly
House votes 402-12 to pass 9/11 responders health bill as fallen cop’s brother pleads for action
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $10 billion bill on Friday to renew the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, prompting deceased first responder Luis Alvarez’s brother to say he’s “looking down and saying ‘Let’s get this done.’”
9/11 health bill to cost $10.2B over next decade: CBO
The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that legislation that would extend the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund bill would cost American taxpayers $10.2 billion over the next decade.
Her Husband Spent 9 Months Digging Through the Toxic Remains of the World Trade Center. She Won’t Let the World Forget
While enduring a litany of treatments as the cancer spread through his body, Ray Pfeifer cajoled lawmakers in New York and Washington, D.C., from his wheelchair to secure benefits for 9/11 responders
House schedules full vote on bill funding 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund through 2090
Congress’ lower chamber will vote Friday on the bill that would help all those affected by 9/11.
Gardner, New York lawmakers push for newly named permanent 9/11 funding measure
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) this week joined a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of New York lawmakers to announce a name change for their existing bill to make the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) permanent.