King Zimmerman Letter

BLPARTISAN STATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN PETE KING AND DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN ROBERT ZIMMERMAN CALLING ON THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP TO ALLOW THE 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT (H.R. 847) TO BE PASSED BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE ‘August 9, 2010 - No New Yorker whe was alive tat day wil over forget the howor ofthe tenors attacks of September 11,2001 or the extraordinary heroism ofthe more than 400 courageous police offices and firefighters who were killed attempting to reseve the innocent vietins trapped high above inthe flaming Nor should we ever forgo the heroism ofthe police officers, firefighters and construction workers who Inboredticeleslyin the poisoned pit of Ground Zoro inthe days, weeks and months after 9/11 attempting to recover the renans of vit ‘ovay thousands ofthese brave men andl women have thir lungs filled with plverized glass and their bloodsreams flowing with deadly toxins. Many have already died. Congress has an absolute moral ligation to provide assistance and sustained medical cae to these brave people ‘Aer years of discussion an negotiations, Congress was finaly ready to vote dring the week of July 26th om legislation (H.R. 847) to provide the needed treatment for the 9/11 fst responders. There would be considerably more votes forthe bill than the simple majority (218) required to pass important legislation, At the last moment however, the House Democratic Ledership changed the rules to require a 23's majority rater than a simple majority. This was done to protet Democratic members from having to ‘vote ona posible Republican amendment or motion to change the il by preventing ileal immigrart from taking part inthe 91 program. Thus, when TLR. 847 came toa vote in the evening of July 29th, did not pas ever though it received a sttong majority of 255 votes! We ell upon the House Democratic Leadership to bring this bill quickly back to the House oor=this ‘ie allowing ito pass under the standard rue of simple majority -We ell upon the House Republican Leadership o agree not to offer an amendment oF a motion to recom elated to illegal immigration or my other "hot button issu. If House Republicans do not make this agreement, however, we believe the Democratic Leadership has the moral obligation to allow ths legislation to pas by a simple majority vote, Police officers, firefighters and constuction workers should not be allowed to die because clocied representatives are reluctant to cast a possibly difficult vote, I would be unconscionable not to pas lifesaving lesson ‘when a clear majority of House members support it ‘The New York Times, Newsday, Mayor Bloomberg, union leaders and 9/11 vitins organizations ae all
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