Congress omits funding for World Trade Center Health Program
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Thousands of first responders who received financial aid from the World Trade Center Health Program were left to fend for themselves.
Congress left the program out of the budget bill last Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
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Just two days before Congress left the program out, first responders had celebrated that the 9/11 health compensation bill was going to be funded until 2040. However, by Friday that celebration turned into outrage.
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