Republicans make cuts to 9/11 survivors program

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-lawmakers-admonish-hhs-for-cuts-to-9-11-survivors-program/ar-AA1zjls4?ocid=BingNewsSerp

In a statement, Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York criticized the cuts.

“The Trump administration must come clean with whatever dirty deal they have planned for a health fund that should be about taking care of our 9/11 heroes—nothing more, nothing less,” the senators wrote.

The survivor program is housed in the Centers for Disease Control under the Department of Health and Human Services, now headed by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The CDC recently fired approximately 1,300 CDC employees in probationary positions.

Schumer and Gillibrand said the cuts to the survivor program have resulted in the termination of at least 16 program staff in addition to CDC employees who accepted the Trump administration’s “buyout,” reducing the total staff working on the program by about 20%.