U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat, wrote a letter to new Attorney General Michael Mukasey today asking him to continue recent progress on a federal law offering benefits to some deceased emergency response workers.
Etheridge is the lead sponsor of the Hometown Heroes act, which gives financial benefits to survivors of firefighters, law enforcement agents and emergency responders who die of heart attack or stroke related to their service, reports Barb Barrett.
Although the law passed with overwhelming support from Congress and President Bush, it has taken years for the Department of Justice to write regulations and begin implementing the benefits.
Etheridge wrote that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made progress in the past two months, and that Etheridge hopes Mukasey will make Hometown Heroes a priority.
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