Advocates on long road to reinstate federal radiation exposure act
WEB8 hours ago · About 30 people are driving nearly 30 hours from New Mexico to Washington D.C. to protest in the hopes of getting RECA put before U.S. House vote.
RECA advocates drive cross-country from New Mexico to …
WEB9 hours ago · There are now more “RECA warriors ... Navajo Nation member Carol Etcitty-Roger speaks about her cancer in her eye from radiation exposure during a news conference about the Radiation Exposure ...
New Mexican RECA activists voice frustrations in Washington, D.C.
WEB9 hours ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Dozens of New Mexicans have been fighting for years to get medical compensation for radioactive exposure. This week, another group is taking the fight to Washington, D.C.
Lawmakers, advocates call on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring RECA …
WEB11 hours ago · Tsosie is one of the many indigenous people impacted by radiation to travel to Washington D.C. for the press conference. Their long journey, a symbol of determination. About two dozen raised money ...
These 2 Native women are fighting to save nuclear exposure …
WEB1 day ago · The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the quarter-century old law that compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer, but two Native American women are keeping up the fight, even if they have to fund the effort themselves. Loretta Anderson of the Pueblo of Laguna and …
Hawley Rallies with Congressional Leaders and RECA Advocates …
WEB10 hours ago · Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) held a press conference with House lawmakers and victims of nuclear contamination across America – including those from the St. Louis and St. Charles, Mo., areas – to push the House to pass their Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) in an effort to provide justice and compensation […]
Indigenous radiation victims demand Congress end delay, reauthorize RECA
WEBSep 16, 2024 · A past march for RECA expansion in Washington D.C. (Photo/NNC) WASHINGTON — Navajo Nation citizens and other Southwest tribal members plan to march to Capitol Hill Sept. 24 to demand Congress end its delay and pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act. As many as 70 Navajos and their families who have been impacted by ...
Indigenous group heads to DC to fight for radiation compensation
WEB2 days ago · Pass RECA now! Pass RECA now,” they shouted at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Sunday morning. More than 50 members of the Navajo Nation, Laguna Pueblo, and Hopi Tribe set out to ...
What's next for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act now …
WEBJun 14, 2024 · The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) passed the Senate but never came up for a vote in the House before expiring last week. Since then, supporters tried a new tactic, submitting it as one of the over 1,300 possible amendments attached to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act.
The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Now RECA is to expire on June 7, bringing an end to the program. A bill stalled in Congress would extend the law and expand compensation to nearly all Americans whose documented health struggles...