CD198: Rationing the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

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Jennifer Briney

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🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 162 minutes

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Summary

The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund is being rationed due to a lack of funding and an approaching end date for the program. In this episode, learn about the shocking, growing number of 9/11 victims, understand why these victims are in danger of having to bear the financial consequences of their injuries on their own, and examine the details and status of H.R. 1327, the bill that would solve this problem for good. Jamie Kilstein joins Jen for the thank you's. _________________________________________________ Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links to contribute monthly or a lump sum via to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send payments to: Send payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send payments to: $CongressionalDish or Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! ____________________________________________________ Recommended Podcast Episodes _____________________________________________________ Additional Reading Article: by Jordain Carney, The Hill, June 12, 2019. Bill: by 116th Congress, June 12, 2019. Article: by Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, June 12, 2019. Bill: by 116th Congress, February 25, 2019. Document: by Department of Justice, October 3, 2018. Article: by Joanna Walters, The Guardian, September 10, 2016. Bill: , 114th Congress, Congress.gov, June 11, 2015. Bill: by 114th Congress, Congress.gov, April 24, 2015. YouTube Video: by Mcdlover4, March 23, 2012. Article: by Jeremy P. Jacobs, New York Times, September 9, 2011. Article: by Robin Shulman, Washington Post, April 23, 2008. Document: by Office of Inspector General, August 21, 2003. Bill: by 107th Congress, Congress.gov, September 21, 2001. Sound Clip Sources Hearing: , June 11, 2019 Witnesses: Rupa Bhattacharyya: Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Department of Justice Dr. Jaqueline Moline M.D.: Chair of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Lila Nordstrom: 9/11 Survivor Anesa Maria St. Rose Henry: Widow of Candidus Henry, Construction Worker and 9/11 Responder Thomas Mohnal: Special Agent, FBI and 9/11 Responder Michael O’Connell: Retired Lieutenant and 9/11 Responder, FDNY Luis Alvarez: Retired Detective and 9/11 Responder, NYPD Jon Stewart: 9/11 Responders and Survivors Advocate YouTube: , September 10, 2006 Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio)

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0:00.0	And I am awfully tired of hearing that it's a 9-11 New York issue.
0:05.8	Al-Qaeda didn't shout death to Tribeca.
0:10.4	They attacked America and these men and women and their response to it is what
0:16.6	brought our country back. It's what gave a reeling nation a solid foundation to stand back upon, to remind us of why this
0:27.0	country is great, of why this country is worth fighting for, and you are ignoring them.
0:34.0	I am so damn tired of being lied to.
0:40.0	I don't think I can't deny it anymore.
0:47.0	You can't stick to your story if you think it flies
0:59.0	But I'm not gonna buy it anymore.
1:05.0	Hello and thank you for tuning into the hundred and ninety eighth episode of
1:08.7	congressional dish. I'm your host Jennifer Briny. And if you've never heard this
1:12.4	podcast before this is a regular
1:15.4	taxpayer's way of trying to figure out what the hell is going on in this world.
1:20.4	I've been doing this for six and a half years. I am not
1:24.3	affiliated with any political party or ideology. I just want to know what Congress
1:28.8	is doing with my money and in my name. And today's episode is going to be about a hearing that happened very recently
1:37.6	that a lot of people are aware of because a celebrity was involved.
1:43.0	John Stewart, who was the host of the Daily Show for, I don't know, a decade and a half.
1:49.0	Well, he testified to Congress because the 9-11 Victims' Compensation Fund is going to expire next year.
1:58.6	And so he's been a longtime advocate for 9-11 victims and especially first responders and so he was one of the
2:05.1	people that testified in this hearing but the thing about this hearing is that he
2:09.3	was not the only one that testified you know, God bless him for showing up because he
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