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Senator Clinton sounded the alarm soon after 9/11 that those exposed to the toxic air at and around Ground Zero would suffer health effects from their exposure and would need help in the days, months and years to come.
She led efforts to secure $12 million in December 2001 to establish the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program run by Mt. Sinai, the first program designed to track and monitor the health of 9/11 responders. Senator Clinton worked with her colleagues to secure an additional $90 million to expand the number of workers and volunteers eligible, and successfully helped to restore $125 million in additional funding for long-term medical and mental health monitoring and treatment and workers compensation benefits.
Senator Clinton emphasized that a report released in September by Mt. Sinai shows conclusively that thousands of first responders, workers, volunteers, residents and others suffered mental and medical health problems as a direct result of 9/11. Senator Clinton has underscored that this report confirms the need to expand access to health monitoring and treatment to cover all of those whose health was affected by 9/11.
Listed below are some of Senator Clinton's statements on this issue.
- April 22, 2008
Statement of Senator Clinton on Court Decision to Clear Ex-EPA Director of Liability on 9/11 Air Quality Misstatements
- April 2, 2008
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Regarding Congressman Issa's Comments on 9/11 Funding
- March 18, 2008
CDC Takes Measures to Address 9/11 Health Concerns
- March 14, 2008
Senators Clinton, Schumer Announce Approval of Funding for Critical 9/11 Health Programs
- March 12, 2008
GAO: NIOSH's 9/11-Health Cost Estimates "Improved" Since Last Year
- February 12, 2008
NYers Blast Admin. Foot-Dragging on 9/11 Health
- February 1, 2008
Bush Budget Cuts 9/11 Health Funding by 77 Percent
- January 26, 2008
Brother of Fallen 9/11 Hero Will Attend State of the Union Address as Guest of Senator Clinton
- January 23, 2008
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Nadler, Maloney, Fossella Call on President to Show Commitment to Victims of 9/11 Attacks by Funding Critical Health Programs
- January 22, 2008
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Regarding HHS Decision to Cancel Contract Solicitations for Critical 9/11 Health Program
- December 27, 2007
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Maloney, Nadler, Fossella Announce Enactment in Law of $108 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders and Others
- December 19, 2007
Senators Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg and Menendez Announce Final Senate Passage of $108 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders and Others
- December 19, 2007
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Maloney, Nadler, Fossella Announce Final Congressional Passage of $108 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders and Others
- December 17, 2007
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Nadler, Maloney, Fossella Announce Senate and House Approval of $108 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders and Others
- December 14, 2007
National 9/11 health Program Stopped in Its Tracks, NY Delegation Demands Immediate Answers
- December 11, 2007
Senator Clinton Assails President's Threat to Veto Budget with Critical Funds for 9/11 Health Programs
- November 2, 2007
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Nadler, Maloney, Fossella Announce Congressional Approval of $52.5 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders
- November 2, 2007
Clinton, Schumer, Lautenberg, Menendez, Nadler, Maloney, Fossella Announce Congressional Approval of $52.5 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders
- October 24, 2007
Clinton, Schumer Announce Full Senate Approval of $55 Million to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders
- September 8, 2007
Senator Clinton Joins with 9/11 Responders, Workers and Others to Call for the Federal Government to Cover Long-Term Medical Monitoring and Treatment
- September 7, 2007
Statement of Senators Schumer and Clinton and Representatives Maloney, Nadler and Fossella Regarding 9/11 Health Effects
- September 6, 2007
NY Senators & Tri-State Reps. Seek Answers from Bush Administration Following Resignation of 9/11 Health Task Force Chair
- September 6, 2007
NY Senators & Tri-State Reps. Request 9/11 Health Care Funding in President's Budget
- September 5, 2007
Clinton, Nadler and Maloney: New GAO Report Confirms Serious Problems with EPA WTC Indoor "Test and Clean" Program and Preparedness for Future Disasters
- June 25, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Regarding the U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on 9/11 Air Quality Today
- June 20, 2007
Clinton, Schumer Announce $55 Million in Senate Appropriations Bill to Expand Health Coverage for 9/11 Emergency Responders
- June 20, 2007
Senator Clinton Calls on Administration to Provide Long-Awaited Answers on 9/11 Air Quality
- June 15, 2007
Clinton Announces Witness List for Senate Hearing into Federal Government Failures on Environmental Impact of 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks
- May 25, 2007
Senator Clinton Calls for Further Examination of Deaths of Those Exposed to Toxic Fumes and Dust in the Wake Of 9/11
- May 25, 2007
Senators Clinton and Schumer, Representatives Maloney and Nadler Welcome Approval of $50 Million for 9/11 Health Funding
- May 24, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Ruling of NYC Chief Medical Examiner on the Death of Felicia Dunn-Jones
- May 23, 2007
Clinton, Domenici Reintroduce Bill to Improve Response to Mental Health Consequences of Major Disasters
- May 15, 2007
Clinton and Nadler to Investigate Federal Government Failures on Environmental Impacts of 9/11 World Trade Center Attacks
- May 1, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the President's Veto of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
- April 27, 2007
NY Area Senators, Reps Demand 9/11 Health Plan
Answers from Bush Administration
- April 26, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Passage of Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill
- April 23, 2007
Senators Clinton and Schumer and Representatives Maloney and Nadler Secure $50 Million for 9/11 Health Funding
- March 22, 2007
Senators Clinton and Schumer Protect 9/11 Funding Targeted for Elimination in Bush Budget
- March 21, 2007
Senators Kennedy, Clinton Hold First Senate Hearing on 9/11 Health Problems
- March 20, 2007
Senators Kennedy, Clinton Announce Schedule and Witnesses for First Senate Hearing on 9/11 Health Problems
- March 6, 2007
Administration's Top 9/11 Health Official's Testimony Draws Concern from NY-Area Delegation
- March 5, 2007
Senators Clinton and Schumer Introduce Measure to Preserve 9/11 Funding
- February 24, 2007
Statement of Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Edward Kennedy Announcing Date for HELP Committee's Hearing on 9/11 Health Illness Problems
- February 14, 2007
Senator Clinton Meets with Health Assistant Secretary Agwunobi to Discuss 9/11 Health Funding
- February 13, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Mayor Bloomberg's Release of World Trade Center Health Panel Report on 9/11 Health
- January 31, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the President’s Meeting Today with Ceasar Borja Jr.
- January 30, 2007
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the President’s Meeting with Ceasar Borja Jr. and the Administration's Announcement of $25 million for the Treatment of Ground Zero Workers, Volunteers
- January 23, 2007
A State of the Union Message on 9/11 Health:
Sick Responders in Washington to Watch
President’s Speech, Push for Federal Aid
- January 22, 2007
9/11 Responders to Attend State of the Union Address with Gallery Passes Provided by NY Senators, Reps.
- January 16, 2007
Statement of Senator Clinton Regarding the EPA’s Announcement Today that It will Open Registration for the Post-9/11 Lower Manhattan Test and Clean Program
- January 5, 2007
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