$150 million for 9/11 responders' health care
What they say
In the October 21 WXYZ debate, Rogers said that he put in the $150 million to make sure 9/11 heroes are taken care of.
What the record shows ·
The Energy and Commerce Committee's 2010 report on H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, says that Rogers offered an amendment to write the existing World Trade Center health program at NIOSH into law and set its funding for fiscal year 2011 at President Obama's requested level of $150 million. The committee rejected it, 19 to 30, and reported the larger bill 33 to 12; Rogers signed the dissenting views. On the House floor he voted Nay on Roll Call 491 and No on Roll Call 550 on H.R. 847, and did not vote on Roll Call 664, when the House agreed to the Senate's version. It became Public Law 111-347.
Limit: He did propose $150 million for the program, but as a one-year amount in an amendment the committee voted down, not money that his amendment put into law. The bill that became law, which he voted against twice and did not vote on at the end, set longer, larger funding. Whether money was later appropriated at that level is not checked here.