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Police Officer at Ground Zero Speaks Out After His ‘Shocking’ Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘People Are Dying’

Attorney Michael Barasch is representing 37 men with breast cancer that worked or went to school in the area of ground zero — and he believes there are many more cases

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.