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In Contrast: Senator Clinton Calls for Federal Help for Sick 9/11 Workers

In contrast to the Bloomberg administration, Senator Clinton (as well as Congressman Nadler and Congresswoman Maloney) have been fighting on behalf of Ground Zero workers fight to access justice for many years. While they have focused on securing funding for monitoring and treatment, they have also raised the alarm about the impediments to the legal claims that have been thrown at these heroes by federal and city officials.

If Bloomberg runs for President, his approach to the illnesses of the Ground Zero workers is going to be a campaign issue he wished he did not have to answer for.

Come to think of it…the same for Giuliani…

Senator Clinton Calls for Federal Help for Sick 9/11 Workers

By Patrick Healy

Targeting President Bush for the first time in her new role as presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton attended a news conference at Ground Zero this morning and called on the White House to seek funding to cover the health needs of ill first responders who worked at the Twin Towers during 9/11.

Mrs. Clinton, who can be fiery in her attacks on Mr. Bush, was relatively measured in her remarks this morning. She said that the sick workers needed immediate help and urged the Bush administration to devote money to them in its forthcoming federal budget request to Congress.

“This is an issue that demands attention from the president and the Congress,” Senator Clinton said at a news conference with Senator Charles Schumer and Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler, and Vito Fossella. (link)

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