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President Donald Trump speaks before signing H.R. 1327, an act ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, July 29, 2019
“We pledge to stand by the families of those affected today and everyday,” he said in a Rose Garden ceremony with first responders, their families and lawmakers at the White House. “Today, we come together as one nation to support our Sept. 11
Mr. Trump signed the bill reauthorizing $10.2 billion over the next 10 years for the compensation fund. The approval in Congress ended weeks of debate over the size of the compensation bill, which helps first responders who developed respiratory and other illnesses from the toxic fumes and ash of the destroyed World Trade Center buildings in Manhattan.
The fund had been depleted to a level where awards were reduced in half while awaiting congressional action.
The president praised the first responders for running into the wreckage on Sept. 11, 2001, saying, “I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder.”