9/11 is not just a social media post or a bumper sticker to the thousands still dealing with the health impact of 9/11 even today, 24 years later.

Secretary Kennedy must let the World Trade Center Health Program do its job.

Given Secretary Kennedy’s record for the first six months of the administration, and with the 24th anniversary of 9/11 just a few weeks away, Senators Gillibrand and Schumer are calling attention to continuing issues with the World Trade Center Health Program that Secretary Kennedy must address.

Thanks to Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), we have the first public acknowledgement from Secretary Kennedy that the cuts to the staff and the firing of Dr. John Howard at the World Trade Center Health Program were a “mistake”.

This is good news—we’re glad it’s happening—but there are still major questions about the status of the program and its future operations and its ability to provide care to 9/11 responders and survivors.

Mr. President, we would suggest that you speak to your Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Given all of this and the fact that the HHS press office continually refuses to answer questions about Dr. Howard’s status and continues to lie and say that there are not issues with the World Trade Center Health Program, we have some questions for Secretary Kennedy.

While Rep. Garbarino (R-NY) and colleagues were told by HHS that Howard was being restored—and they announced that in good faith—the truth is he was not restored as Director of the WTCHP and has apparently been in limbo since then.

If Senator Johnson wants to have hearings on 9/11, he could have them to examine the cuts to the World Trade Center Health Program by the Trump Administration that are happening today.

First, Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act wants to thank Congressman Garbarino and the New York Republican Members of Congress, Representatives Lawler, LaLota and Malliotakis for working to convince the Trump administration to reinstate Dr. Howard as the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program. They know that it is critical […]