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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We need to reauthorize the program. It needs to be…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Keystone Pipeline, 9/11 First Responders, and 2016 Presidential Race

Published | Video Starts at 05:25

There's tens of thousands who are being treated today in every state in the country. And I think it's a moral outrage that members of Congress are not doing the right thing and standing by this. We need to reauthorize the program. It needs to be permanent. We've had this program up and running for five years. There's been no fraud. It's been seamless. And we've treated cancers and other diseases that are now directly caused by 911 toxins. (05:25–05:29)

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Asserts the need for permanent reauthorization of the 9/11 first responders' health program.

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