Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces questioning regarding the World Trade Center Health Program due to recent layoffs and service issues affecting over 100,000 first responders and individuals with related illnesses. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, backed by 9/11 survivor advocates, demand clarity on the reinstatement of program director Dr. John Howard and concerns about the administration's reliability after layoffs were rescinded. The administration's commitment to the program and its personnel remains in doubt as the impact on healthcare for sick responders looms large.
The firefighters and heroes who worked 'the pile,' helping rebuild after the darkest hours in America are sick with cancer from the toxic air they breathed.
Gillibrand said, 'Are they fully reinstated? For how long? How can we trust what the administration says - because they keep firing the people who are doing the work that keeps our first responders alive.'
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