he since demured on that. something that you ve been involved with with senator schumer. the first responders health issue. what is the health crisis facing people bhorp involved in dealing with the initial horror of 9/11? well, as you remember, chris, these are our first responders. these are the ones who were running up the towers when everyone was coming down. they re the ones who went to the pile day in and day out, first looking for survivors, then remains, then look the cleanup. and what happened were the toxins released from these towers were so awful and so horrific they re now dying of cancer and other terrible diseases because of the health effects of these toxins and also you have to remember the families that lived at ground zero. a lot of the children who are most vulnerable, they re experiencing asthma and other lung ailments and so we really need to make sure that they have the health care that they need. well, what s going to happen? you ve got about a few days lef
these are the men and women who ran up the towers when people were running down. they were the men and women there to find survivors. to find remains. to do the cleanup. and because so many terrible toxins were released when the towers fell. a lot of these men and women are dying of lung diseases, of cancers, of horrific health conditions. also the families that live at ground zero. some of these children are suffering from lung ailments and asthma. we have to standby these families and our heros and make sure we pass health care for them. you re ready for a long weekend. thank you for stopping by. i am. you ve been working hard. appreciate your time. two other items on the senate agenda. the dream act, which grants citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and the stand-h stand-alone repeal of don t ask, don t tell. senator majority leader harry reid saying the senate will work tomorrow morning and could be done for the year tomorrow
the first responders health issue. what is the health crisis facing people involved in dealing with the initial horror of 9/11? as you remember, these were our first responders, the ones running up the tower when everything was coming down. what happened is the toxins released were so horrific, they are now dying of cancer and other diseases. you have to remember the families that lived at ground zero, the children most vulnerable. they re experiencing asthma and other lung ailments. what s going to happen? you ve got about few days left. is it going to get done? it is going to get done. we re going to have a vote just on the 9/11 health bill and i think we will have the support to pass that bill. i m looking for a christmas miracle and i believe that