1.0Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairshttps://www.hsgac.senate.govTim O'Connor Fraserhttps://www.hsgac.senate.gov/author/tofraser/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OVwKPTPVq2"><a href="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/senators-carper-and-collins-introduce-legislation-providing-benefits-to-federal-firefighters/">SENATORS CARPER AND COLLINS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION PROVIDING BENEFITS TO FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/senators-carper-and-collins-introduce-legislation-providing-benefits-to-federal-firefighters/embed/#?secret=OVwKPTPVq2" width="600" height="338" title="“SENATORS CARPER AND COLLINS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION PROVIDING BENEFITS TO FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS” — Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs" data-secret="OVwKPTPVq2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act to strengthen the disability protections for thousands of federal firefighters nationwide. Under current law, the federal government does not presume that certain illnesses associated with firefighting, such as heart and lung disease, are job-related. Instead, to qualify for disability […]https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/HSGAC_Logo_Social.jpg1200630