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responded to or survived the september 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks at new york city and in pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. those responded to an epic disaster and suffer mental and physical injure, illness and the rick of premature death. the programs members responded to the 9/11 disaster from all 50 states and it has been stated from 429 of the 435 congressional districts. the original effort to care for those effected by 9/11 toxic exposures operated as agreements and grants. as a discretionary funded program it depended on year to year appropriations making it challenging to plan adequately for the members ongoing health needs in january of 2011 the 9/11 health and compensation act became law. stabilization of funding allows the program to more adequately care for 9/11 responders. in calendar 2014 of 71,942 current members enrolled in the program, 20,883 received treatment for health conditions and 20,059 received monitor to make sure any health conditi ....
and my response was, what are you talking about? i do my own work, i don t read patents or copy anybody s patents, and he said, well, you re still infringing on a patent and we ll defend you. i said, how much will that cost you? $3 million. the patent describes looking at a name on a list. apparently, the way the google store works is they look up a name on a list to see if a customer paid for the simulator before the simulator launches. so since i m on the google store, they see if somebody paid for the app, and the patent that this company owns apparently describes looking up a name on the list, that must mean that they own my life s work and i am due to pay them money. they offered to go away if i would give them $50,000. i m electing to pay the three million to defend if that s what it takes. but my case is incredibly rare. 97% of the people that are sued by patent trolls have to settle because they don t have the $3 million to defend themselves. 97% of them settle, ....
the u.n. so when we hear those remarks from the president it disturbs many of us that have supported a two-state solution and support israel s right to exist and fight against the the did he legit masation of israel. we go to ileana ros-lehtinen. thank you so much chairman and madam ambassador thank you for being so kind to my interns before this session. following up on the excellent remarks made by ranking member engle, as we know president obama issued a not so veiled threat to israel that the us might not be able to support a veto of the french resolution at the u.n. security council on palestinian statehood. you used the word oppose but will the united states, yes or no veto any resolution at the u.n. that forces and imposes this two state solution on israel? what will our position be? will we veto. you say we oppose, but will we veto. though would send a strong message? again, given that we worked last summer on a u.n. security council resolution with isra ....
responders and survivors might end up in limbo instead of in treatment. third, by providing evaluation and treatment for those most effected by 9/11 as a unified cohort, the program greatly aids not only the individual members but also the national understanding of the long-term health effects of 9/11, including its effects on children. the program helps us better prepare for the medical needs arising from large-scale long-duration disasters that might not hopefully occur ever in the future. thank you for the opportunity to testify and i m happy to answer any questions you may have. chairman thanks the gentlemen and i ll begin the questioning and recognize myself five minutes for that purpose. dr. howard would you continue to elaborate a little bit on the history of the world trade center health program how it came to be and how it has changed over time? thank you. the program started as a immediate response to what doctors were seeing, especially with a new york ci ....
what happened, to learn the lessons, to apply those lessons. it s also important to do it in balanced way. it s no secret that we have long felt that that balanced approach has not been a hallmark of the human rights council s approach to israel. so our concerns about the report and the process we ve made clear for that reason. thanks. you mentioned venezuela as a country that you highlight in the report. could you go over the specifics? i mentioned venezuela, first of all, in the context of corruption and i think that is deliberate. everything we say is deliberate but the reason i mention that is that we often hear from the government of venezuela very strong propaganda directed to the united states and american interference and blaming the united states for problems in the country, and yet we have also found that not only are there very high levels of corruption in venezuela but they often involve people who are part of the government, supporters of the government ....