Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) - Paranoid Fool or Just Mean

Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) placed an amendment to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation Law that is downright paranoid. Recall the Zadrga bill provides healthcare to 9/11 first responders and had a tough time passing Republican obstructionism. Stearns' amendment requires all recipients of aid under the Zadroga bill to pass an FBI background check to prove they arent a terrorist. Its just plain silly to think a a 9/11 terrorist was a first responder AND had stayed 10 years in this country to get healthcare under the Zadroga bill. 

Is Mr Stearns that clueless. No just mean. Stearns' amendment was one of many added to the Zadroga bill by Republicans  in an attempt to kill the Bill. Sept. 11 responders in the committee room at the time mostly shook their heads at the move, which Democrats accepted on a voice vote after battling to bar other amendments on abortion and immigration that might have killed the bill.

9/11 responders are receiving letters tellign them their names, places of birth, addresses, government ID numbers and other personal data will be provided to the FBI to ensure they are not terrorists before tretment can continue.

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