In The Audience: Advocates for People Sickened By Radioactive Waste -- WSJ

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By Katy Stech Ferek

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle invited as guests several advocates who have fought for federal money to compensate people who have gotten cancer after being exposed to radioactive waste from U.S. efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

Sens. Ben Ray Lujan (D., N.M.), Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Mike Crapo (R., Idaho), along with Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D., N.M.), all extended invitations to people who have pressured Congress to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which has paid out more than $2.5 billion to more than 41,000 people since it was created in 1990. The program expires in June.

Advocates in town for the Presidents speech have impeccable timing. Earlier on Thursday, the Senate voted 69-30 to not only extend the program, but expand it to cover new regions of the U.S. where people have been exposed to wind-blown radioactive particles from nuclear tests and uranium facilities. The measure still needs to pass the House.

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