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[jonnyirons2]

All Hands Needed- Help Those Who Helped America

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_pe...cgi?HR847NOW&1

We are are calling on all Americans to urge Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to immediately commit to a firm date for bill HR 847: the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 to be on the floor of the House of Representatives, for a vote. We have lost over eight hundred September 11th first responders since that horrific day, we must act now as many, many more of our Nation’s Heroes are sick and dying due to the time they spent at the World Trade Center site.

In addition to signing the petition and passing along the link to your friends, please take two minutes out of your day to call Speaker Pelosi (202-225-0100) as well as your local rep and stress how important the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 is to you, your community and America. It is time to get this bill to the House floor and passed so that those who put America first on September 11, 2001 are taken properly taken care of, NOW.

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To: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms. Nancy Pelosi & All Congressional Representatives
We the undersigned urge Speaker of the House, Ms. Nancy Pelosi, to immediately commit to a firm date for bill HR 847: the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 to be on the floor of the House of Representatives, for a vote.

Having lost over eight hundred September 11th first responders since that horrific day, we must act now as many, many more of our Nation’s Heroes are sick and dying due to the time they spent at the World Trade Center site.

We would like to to stress how important the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 is to us, our community and America. It is time to get this bill to the House floor and passed so that those who put America first on September 11, 2001 are taken properly taken care of, now.

We want HR 847 passed by Thanksgiving so that we, as a country, can properly thank the thousands who have given so much of themselves, so selflessly. We have lost over eight hundred September 11th first responders since that horrific day, we MUST act now as many, many more of these men and women are sick and dying due to the time they spent at Ground Zero.

HR 847 (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h847/show) is sponsored by Representative Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14] and co-sponsored by Reps. Ackerman [D, NY-5], Andrews [D, NJ-1], Arcuri [D, NY-24], Baldwin [D, WI-2], Berkley [D, NV-1], Bishop [D, NY-1], Bishop [D, GA-2], Brady [D, PA-1], Burgess [R, TX-26], Capps [D, CA-23], Carney [D, PA-10], Castor [D, FL-11], Christensen [D, VI-0], Clarke [D, NY-11], Cohen [D, TN-9], Connolly [D, VA-11], Conyers [D, MI-14], Courtney [D, CT-2], Crowley [D, NY-7], Dahlkemper [D, PA-3], DeLauro [D, CT-3], Dent [R, PA-15], Doyle [D, PA-14], Ellsworth [D, IN-8], Engel [D, NY-17], Etheridge [D, NC-2], Fattah [D, PA-2], Garrett [R, NJ-5], Gonzalez [D, TX-20], Green [D, TX-29], Grijalva [D, AZ-7], Hall [D, NY-19], Higgins [D, NY-27], Himes [D, CT-4], Hinchey [D, NY-22], Hodes [D, NH-2], Holt [D, NJ-12], Israel [D, NY-2], Jones [R, NC-3], King [R, NY-3], Klein [D, FL-22], Kucinich [D, OH-10], Lance [R, NJ-7], Larson [D, CT-1], Lee [R, NY-26], Lee [D, CA-9], Lewis [D, GA-5], Lipinski [D, IL-3], Lowey [D, NY-18], Maffei [D, NY-25], Massa [D, NY-29], McCarthy [D, NY-4], McCaul [R, TX-10], McGovern [D, MA-3], McHugh [R, NY-23], McMahon [D, NY-13], Meeks [D, NY-6], Murphy [R, PA-18], Murphy [D, NY-20], Murphy [D, CT-5], Nadler [D, NY-8], Pascrell [D, NJ-8], Pierluisi [D, PR-0], Rangel [D, NY-15], Rush [D, IL-1], Sarbanes [D, MD-3], Schakowsky [D, IL-9], Schauer [D, MI-7], Schwartz [D, PA-13], Serrano [D, NY-16], Sestak [D, PA-7], Sires [D, NJ-13], Slaughter [D, NY-28], Smith [R, NJ-4], Stupak [D, MI-1], Sutton [D, OH-13], Thompson [D, MS-2], Tonko [D, NY-21], Towns [D, NY-10], Velázquez [D, NY-12], Weiner [D, NY-9], Wexler [D, FL-19], Woolsey [D, CA-6].

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009
2/4/2009-- Introduced.James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health the World Trade Center Health Program (WTC program) to provide:
(1) medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers who responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; and
(2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to residents and other building occupants and area workers who were directly impacted and adversely affected by such attacks. Requires the WTC program administrator to:
(1) implement a quality assurance program;
(2) establish the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee;
(3) establish the WTC Responders Steering Committee and the WTC Community Program Steering Committee;
(4) provide for education and outreach on services under the WTC program;
(5) provide for the uniform collection of data related to WTC-related health conditions;
(6) conduct research on physical and mental health conditions that may be related to the September 11 terrorist attacks; and
(7) extend and expand arrangements with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide for the World Trade Center Health Registry. Authorizes the administrator to make grants to the Department to address mental health needs relating to the terrorist attacks. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to:
(1) make individuals eligible for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 for harm as a result of debris removal; and
(2) extend the deadline for making a claim for compensation.

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Signed, sealed, delivered!

[COMPANY1CO]

Signed petition

[WD6956]

Done, and i am forwarding it to others

[GTRider245]

Signed and will pass it on!

[TNFF319]

Number 111

[RspctFrmCalgary]

Signed & posted to Facebook.

[jonnyirons2]

Let us keep this up top.

[BryanLoader]

Signed and I hope it will help.

[MarcusKspn]

Signed and passed on.

[eaglesrule1024]

I signed it and am number 804 wow has it grown in just a few hours and boy am I glad it has. Let everyone you know know about it and have them sign it asap!!!

[ScareCrow57]

Signed at 845. Problem is the author is assuming the queen actually cares about the people and will do something for the people. But it can't hurt to try logic and reason with her.

[FFPCogs08]

846
I'm just sorry it took me so long to realize this petition was here. My apologies for the delay in signing.

Good to see that a couple of Reps from CT are co sponsors as they damn well should be.

343 NEVER FORGET

[mcdonl]

Done, signed.

[hwoods]

#887.............

[rpferry]

---Signed!

[firecat1]

Signed and passed on.

[no1special]

Added my Name # 1168

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

In the interest of full disclosure, I have been attending the Mt. Sinai World Trade Center Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program through Robert Wood Johnson Hospital for a bunch of years.

I have read the synopsis of this bill several times. I am asking this question with absolutely no purpose other than to inform myself. I truly do not know the answer.

Aside from the parts of the bill that appear to establish more bureaucratic nonsense and no-show jobs, doesn't the rest of it already exist through places like Mt. Sinai? What is the difference between their program and the one proposed in the bill?

[MemphisE34a]

Certainly not trying to take away from the cause, but I think this is more of an online "feel good" thing more than anything else and most likely good for nothing more than an online poll.

Maybe this isn't the case or maybe it's just a local thing, but I have always been told that petitions have to be hard copies and include people's names, address, and signatures in order to verify the names to be considered official and also what makes them so difficult to actually accomplish.

Additionally, only the names of registered voters can be counted in the results.

This "online" petition is actually a waste of time and is not helping anything. It will never be seen by Pelosi, any of her staff, or anyone else.

Just saying.

Now bringing this to people's attention and calling your elected officials, is not a waste of time and the only way to have any influence in the matter.