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Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2008-04-03 11:41.

Efforts to take care of sick Ground Zero workers hits a snag in Congress
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK, DAILY NEWS

Congressional efforts to take care of sick Ground Zero workers hit a snag Tuesday when a powerful Republican insisted it's New York's problem alone.

California Rep. Darrell Issa, in refusing to send more money New York's way, insisted the planes that struck the twin towers weren't weapons.

"It simply was an aircraft, residue of two aircraft, and residue from the materials used to build this building," Issa said during a hearing into whether a new 9/11 victims' compensation fund should be launched.

An astounded Michael Cardozo, Mayor Bloomberg's corporation counsel, who was testifying before the panel said: "This was an attack, I believe, on the United States of America."

"It was located at Ground Zero, but it was an attack on America," Cardozo repeated.

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) rushed to note that Issa backed original 9/11 funding.

"The gentleman voted for it because we had the national sense that this was not an attack on New York City, this was an attack on our country," Weiner barked.

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