Barack Obama Signed The Bill 9/11 Health Bill In Hawaii

Barack Obama has signed on 9 / 11 Health Bill into law in Hawaii on Sunday, White House spokesman Bill Burton said.

Obama signed the bill during a vacation in Hawaii without signing ceremony. In a statement issued later, the president said he was "honored" to sign the bill, which pays for health care stakeholders seem to have become ill from pollution in the ruins of the World Trade Center New York.

"We will never forget the selfless courage shown firefighters, police and emergency services who risked their lives to save others," Obama said. "I think this is an essential step for those who still bear the physical scars of those attacks."
Bill made a long journey to be signed. A printed copy of the bill flew with a White House official from Washington to the Hawaiian island of Oahu, if Obama could he sign his vacation rental in Kailua.

"He came out with a staff member so he can be signed on time," said Burton.

Legislation, officially called the James Zadroga 9 / 11 Health and Compensation Act provides medical coverage to workers helped clear the rubble and the search for human remains is the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. $ 4200000000 legislation also opens the federal victims compensation fund to provide financial assistance to those harmed by attacks that have killed more than 2,700 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

After a controversial battle in which some Republicans suggested that the legislation was the creation of a new law, which was finally approved in the lame duck session of Congress in December. New York lawmakers welcomed the signing of the bill.

"A long, heavy anti different almost win, this bill is now law," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York. "The heroes who rushed to Ground Zero hours and days after the attacks will not be forgotten. The first responded like veterans, and this law to maintain the tradition was in the tradition of our veterans when they get a call damage. We begin to act immediately to ensure that this law can be extended for five years. "

"Today, nine years after the destruction of 9 / 11, the U.S. has fulfilled its obligations to the heroes and victims of 9 / 11," Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, and one of the authors Bill said in a statement. "With President Obama signing our bill.It is clear that the government has not forgotten the thousands who have served and suffered. "

Rep. Peter King, R-New York and author of another bill, said the law "is a great victory for the heroes of September 11, firefighters, policemen and construction workers. Justice is finally served . A great day in America. "

"Finally, the President's signature ended nine years of our struggle to resolve the health crisis 09/11," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, DN.Y., the other author of the bill in a statement. "The law Zadroga save lives and our moral obligation to care for those who rose to defend America in time of war."

Maloney statement against the law to the Compensation Act of War Risk 1942, adopted after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which has provided medical care and financial assistance to the civilians who helped recover the bodies of the dead and recovery the remains of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement, "I am pleased that our elected representatives met in Washington and remained in America who were there in an hour of need."

Tackling the health effects of 9 / 11 for those interested is a national duty, "said Bloomberg.