Rose leads outreach to House freshmen in 9/11 fund fight
A rookie Brooklyn lawmaker is being tapped by his veteran colleagues to lead the effort in making the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act a permanent government fund before its 2020 expiration date.
U.S. Rep. Max Rose, a Democrat who represents parts of Southwest Brooklyn and Staten Island, will spearhead an initiative to educate Capitol Hill newcomers about the Zadroga Act, which doles out settlements through the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) to families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, ahead of a legislative battle to make the fund permanent.
“Sept. 11 wasn’t just an attack on New York, it was an attack on the United States of America. So we have to do more than never forget. We need to do right by the heroes who put their lives on the line and are now living with the consequences,” said Rose, a U.S. Army veteran who fought in Afghanistan.