Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. We are joined by mary dickson. Shes a downwinder and Victim Advocate for talking about the radiation exposure compensation act. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you. A pleasure to be here. Host first explain what is a downwinder, and your personal connection to this. Guest i would love to. A downwinder is someone who lives downwind of the Nevada Nuclear test site. You still th . We having trouble with your signal . Mary . We will work on that. And try to get that back for you here as soon as possible. Take a look at this is from the department of justice website. This is talking about the radiation exposure act, exposure compensation act is called reca and here is a map that i wanted to show you. If you see here the states that are in yellow, these yellow areas are for uranium worker states. So states where there are uranium workers. Those cover colorado, new mexico, arizona, wyoming, south dakota, washington,h,
Host you can also send us a text at 2027488003. Be sure to send your first name and city, state. We are also on facebook and on x. Before we take calls look at this. This is from yesterday during debate over the defense funding on the house floor. Rules Committee Ranking member jim mcgovern sharply criticized republicans over risking a potential Government Shutdown and your response from rules Committee Chair tom cole. Heres a portion. What the hell is going on in your conference. Truth is under speaker mccarthys weak leadership this republican majority is a total failure. An unmitigated disaster. Those arent even my words, thats what one of your own members said on tv a you few nights ago about the process playing out in this chamber right now. First we have this absurd nonbinding resolution condemning the governor of new mexico we are trying to keep our constituents safe from gun violence. Just to explain to folks who may be watching, this resolution does nothing. Not a thing. Its a
Shes a downwinder and Victim Advocate for talking about the radiation exposure compensation act. Welcome to the program. Guest thank you. A pleasure to be here. Host first explain what is a downwinder, and your personal connection to this. Guest i would love to. A downwinder is someone who lives downwind of the Nevada Nuclear test site. You still th . We having trouble with your signal . Mary . We will work on that. And try to get that back for you here as soon as possible. Take a look at this is from the department of justice website. This is talking about the radiation exposure act, exposure compensation act is called reca and here is a map that i wanted to show you. If you see here the states that are in yellow, these yellow areas are for uranium worker states. So states where there are uranium workers. Those cover colorado, new mexico, arizona, wyoming, south dakota, washington, utah, idaho, north dakota, oregon, and texas. Whats in green is overlapping uranium worker states and do