Retire Garrett

First, here’s NY Rep. Anthony Weiner ripping into Republicans like Scott Garrett for voting against the 9/11 Health Bill:

And courtesy of BlueJersey.com, clammyc’s take on the issue:

Of all of the scummy things that Rep. Garrett has voted against (cuz he doesn’t actually vote FOR anything), this is one of the worst:

A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.

The bill would have provided free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins.

So those who were brave enough and put their time, lives and health on the line to help those in the days and weeks after 9/11 have to fight in court to have the diseases and illnesses they got from serving this country after the 9/11 attacks.  This vote actually had a huge majority – it got support from 255 Reps and voted against by 159 – far more than 50% support.  But it failed to get a 2/3 majority and lost by around 20 votes.

Now, only 12 Republicans in the entire House voted for this, and 4 of them were from New Jersey.  You know, the state that had the 2nd most victims on 9/11.  And guess who was the one Representative that couldn’t even stomach helping his own fellow New Jerseyans pay for the health problems that arose from them stepping up for their country in its’ darkest day?

There is no excuse.  Nothing can be more indicative of what Garrett’s priorities are, and who his is as a person to his core.  There is a quote I saw recently that goes something like this:

Don’t tell me what you believe. Tell me what you do and I’ll tell you what you believe.

How true it is, Rep. Garrett.  How true it is.