{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://peteking.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/rep-peter-king-sees-progress-on-zadroga", "Rep. Peter King sees progress on Zadroga", "2015-11-19", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "NY", "Peter King", "K000210", "peteking.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON -- In a breakthrough for advocates of renewing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have agreed to support a permanent extension of the act's expired health program, according to Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford).\nThe development, though unofficial, is a step toward the goal of lawmakers and advocates working to extend the Zadroga ACT's two programs: the World Trade Center Health Program, which expired Oct. 1, and the Victim Compensation Fund, which will expire Oct. 1, 2016, King said Wednesday.\nMore Republicans have agreed to support the permanent extension. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.,), a presidential candidate, signed on Tuesday. And Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has been reaching out to the ideologically conservative House Freedom Caucus to talk about his support for the bill, King said.\nKing said Tuesday that he was involved in delicate negotiations with the two House committees that must approve any Zadroga reauthorization legislation before House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will bring it to the floor for a full House vote.\nRep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the health program, met with his Republican members Wednesday to discuss whether to extend the Zadroga health program for another five or 10 years, King said.\n\"They agreed it should be permanent,\" King said. \"It's a step in the right direction.\"\nAn official full committee vote has not yet taken place, however.\nA spokesman for the committee did not immediately respond to a query about the status of the bill.\nRep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that oversees the victim compensation fund, has filed his own bill that would reauthorize the fund for just five years and expand it to include victims of other acts of terrorism against Americans, such as the 1998 bombing of two American embassies in Africa.\nKing and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said they have no problem with expanding the compensation program to other terrorism victims, as long as there is sufficient funding to cover everyone.\nKing said Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) and Dan Donovan (R-Staten Island) will join him in meeting with Goodlatte Thursday to discuss the two different bills.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://peteking.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/rep-peter-king-sees-progress-on-zadroga"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.936612978577614, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}