WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) hailed the inclusion of permanent reauthorization of the World Trade Center Health Fund in the year-end budget deal. The House of Representatives will vote later this week on the bill to fund government operations. Upton and the Energy and Commerce Committee worked toward the deal to permanently extend the important program.
“It is critical that Congress gets the job done for our first responders, and we’re going to," said Upton. “This bipartisan agreement provides certainty for those heroes who answered the call on 9/11 and subsequently fell ill because of their bravery."
