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Congress fails first responders

Why is anyone surprised that this Congress refused to reauthorize funding healthcare for the 9/11 responders?

They have not adequately funded care for our injured military veterans. Many must depend on a charity (Wounded Warriors and others) for care that the people who sent them into war should be providing. Both decisions are unconscionable.

E.T. Shafer, Islamorada

This story was originally published October 6, 2015 at 6:34 PM with the headline "Congress fails first responders."

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