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1/6/2009
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| This comes as very welcome news to the coal miner families who
faced the devastating prospect of losing their health benefits, said
Representative Alan B. Mollohan. I appreciate that Vice President Gore
took a personal interest in averting a crisis that would have impacted
thousands of our citizens. His efforts to include this funding fix in
the budget request upholds a very important promise that was made years
ago to our West Virginia miners. |
| In 1991, Governor Florio signed an executive order to halt
discrimination on the basis of ual orientation by the State of
New Jersey in employment and the provision of benefits. In 1992
the legislature passed and the governor signed into law a bill
that bared discrimination on the basis of ual orientation in
employment throughout the state. Yet the New Jersey Division of
Pensions, which administers state health benefits, has refused to
provide to and ian state employees the same health
benefits provided to hetexual employees. |
| Having the Administrations support for insuring that retired coal
miners continue to receive health care coverage will be a very important
element in our chance to successfully legislative this matter in the
Congress, said Representative Nick J. Rahall. Certainly, there should
be no doubt that the men and women who produced the coal that fueled
this nation to greatness deserve a stable and long term health care
system. |
| Rutgers University has been a leader in working to end
discrimination against ian and students, faculty, and
staff. It was one of the first universities to add ual
orientation to its non-discrimination policy. In 1988 it issued
the landmark study, In Every Classroom, which provided a
history of the ian and community at Rutgers, an analysis
of its current status, and 133 recommendations designed to end
all forms of prejudicial discrimination. The university has
implemented many of these recommendations, but it has fallen
behind in the area of employee benefits. Many major universities
have already begun providing family health coverage to ian
and employees, including Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Columbia,
MIT, Chicago and the public state universities of Minnesota,
Iowa, and Vermont. Many corporations and political jurisdictions
have also moved in this direction, including Levi Strauss, Ben &
Jerrys, Lotus, San Francisco, and Boston. New York City is the
latest cit. |
| I welcome the Administrations interest in proposing a long-term
solution to the funding problems of the combined benefits fund, Senator
Robert Byrd said. Those who depend on this fund are mostly elderly
women and many are in poor health. I am glad that I could provide a
short-term fix to get through this immediate crisis, but our retired
miners and their dependents certainly deserve the security and peace of
mind that will be provided by a more permanent fix. |
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