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Trump Asked About Recent Layoffs At World Trade Center Health Program For 9/11 First Responders
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, President Trump was asked about recent layoffs at the World Trade Center Health Program.
N.Y. advocacy group, senators condemn 9/11 health program firings
Federal lawmakers are calling the move to fire 16 staff members a betrayal of those who risked their lives in the aftermath of 9/11.
Trump Continues to Gut 9/11 Health Fund
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday said as the Trump administration keeps gutting the World Trade Center Health Program, their Republican counterparts should leverage their budget vote to end the continuous cuts to the crucial health program for thousands of New Yorkers.
Federal health program to support 9/11 survivors and first responders at risk
After the Trump administration authorized probationary layoffs and cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, doctors and scientists who help evaluate and treat people through this program have lost their jobs.
Schumer, Gillibrand slam Trump and RFK Jr. over cut 9/11 program: ‘Political chaos is jeopardizing healthcare of heroes’
New York Dem Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday blasted what they called a “cruel” effort by President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to dismantle the World Trade Center Health Program.
Schumer, Gillibrand: Trump & RFK Just Fired Another 16 Health Program Docs & Scientists, Stunting World Trade Center Health Program; Senators Demand NY GOP Members of Congress Use Their Budget Vote as Leverage to End the Chaos; Political Games Jeopardizing Healthcare of Heroes
U.S. Senator Schumer alongside U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said the Trump administration is at it again: attacking the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP). Yesterday, President Trump and RFK fired an additional 16 medical staff who help keep the WTCHP program alive at NIOSH.
‘Outrageous betrayal’: NY senators seethe as Trump admin slashes 9/11 health program staffing
“This is MAGA extremism, pure and simple,” Schumer said, blasting the cuts as a politically motivated assault that harms those who risked everything in the wake of the attacks.
Sick 9/11 responders are being left behind amid federal spending battle
Services have been cut and restored following outcry, but staffing issues remain.
NY Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand call for GOP lawmakers to step up after Trump layoffs threaten 9/11 health program
Friday’s mass layoffs at NIOSH became the latest blow to the World Trade Center Health Program, which is caught in a back-and-forth funding drama as Trump and Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take a buzzsaw to key health and research programs.
9/11 health care program: 16 more workers fired by Trump administration, Schumer says
The Trump administration has fired another 16 workers from a health agency that helps people exposed to toxic air during 9/11 and its aftermath, Sen. Chuck Schumer said on Sunday.