Committed to keep working with colleagues and advocates to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) for Downwinders and uranium mine workers.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Committed to keep working with colleagues and advocates to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) for Downwinders …”
Sources
- U.S. Senate — Office of Senator Ben Ray Lujánhttps://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/lujan-statement-on-senate-passage-of-historic-reca-expansion-and-extension/ ↗
“I will continue working with my colleagues and advocates to ensure that the House follows our lead and does what is right by Downwinders and uranium mine workers.”
- U.S. Senate — Office of Senator Ben Ray Lujánhttps://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/heinrich-lujan-leger-fernandez-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-strengthen-reca/ ↗
“For over a decade, I've been fighting alongside impacted communities to extend and expand RECA. This is about justice and doing what's right, and there's no time to waste.”