Rep. Gosar Remembers Victims of Radiation on National Downwinders Day

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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement honoring January 27, 2015 as the fourth annual National Downwinders Day:

"Radiation exposure affecting many Arizonans, especially those in Mohave County, continues to not receive the attention that it requires to correct an injustice that was committed by the federal government. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) has still not been amended to include large parts of Mohave County. This is despite the fact that the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences both concluded in separate studies that all of Mohave County should be covered by RECA.

"For Congress to deny the rest of Mohave County, Arizona the right to even file a claim is both inconsistent and careless, and violates both the apology and the promise made to all Downwinders in the original 1990 Act. The original parameters of RECA were created and passed by Congress, so it falls to Congress to remedy this injustice.

"For my part, I will once again be introducing legislation to make sure this entire county is eligible for compensation provided by RECA. My staff and I are in the process of modifying the previous bill to make it more viable. I continue to believe that Mohave County was inexplicably and unjustifiably omitted from the RECA program, and I will continue to work hard on this issue until this error is addressed and rectified."

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