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| https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/in-the-news/menendez-to-senate-dont-leave-without-passing-aid-for-9/11-first-responders- | Menendez to Senate: Don't leave without passing aid for 9/11 first responders | 2015-12-10 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Democrat | House | NJ | Robert Menendez | M000639 | www.menendez.senate.gov | legacy | Menendez to Senate: Don't leave without passing aid for 9/11 first responders Menendez to Senate: Don't leave without passing aid for 9/11 first responders Print Email Tweet Thursday, December 10, 2015 By: Jonathan D. Salant U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge his colleagues not to begin their holiday recess without renewing legislation that provides medical coverage and compensation to first responders injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act is named for a North Arlington resident and New York City police officer who died of a respiratory disease attributed to him breathing in dust at the World Trade Center site after 9/11. It provides treatment and economic compensation for police officers, firefighters and other first responders who contracted health problems, including respiratory diseases and cancer, after working at 9/11 sites. The original bill expired Sept. 30, but there is still money available. "It is unconscionable that we would go home to celebrate with our families, without doing everything we can to make sure that we send a clear and unambiguous message to our first responders, in the name of New Jersey's Jim Zadroga, that we will never forget what they did for our fellow citizens, for this nation, on that day that changed the world," said Menendez (D-N.J.). ...Continue reading article here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |