New York, NY – Dan Goldman, lead counsel to House Democrats during the first Trump impeachment inquiry and candidate for Congress in NY-10, today called on Congress to fully and immediately fund the World Trade Center Health Program to provide medical monitoring and treatment of World Trade Center-related health conditions for 9/11 responders and survivors.

“Fully funding the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program must be a priority for this Congress; anything less is unacceptable,” Dan Goldman said. “Each day that funding for the program is delayed is a day of callous uncertainty for the true patriots who risked everything to protect us and have been promised care.”

At least $3 billion is needed to fund the program through 2032. Based on current funding, the program would be forced to stop supporting new first responders or victims  as early as October 2024.

Dan Goldman is calling on Congress to put aside partisan politics and pass standalone legislation to keep our nation’s promise to the first responders and victims of the horrific terrorist attack on 9/11, which he experienced from his home in lower Manhattan. First responders should never be forced to go to the Capitol to beg for their own care.

Dan Goldman and his wife, Corinne, live in lower Manhattan where they are raising their five children. In 2019, Dan Goldman served as lead counsel for the impeachment investigation of President Donald J. Trump for abusing his office for his personal interest regarding Ukraine. In that role, Goldman led depositions and questioned witnesses in public hearings, and testified before the House Judiciary Committee.

Prior to that, Goldman served for a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York working with Preet Bharara. In that role, he held powerful actors accountable and made our city safer. He took on some of the office’s biggest and most consequential cases: prosecuting violent criminals and gun trafficking, mafia bosses and Russian organized crime, and landmark insider trading and major corporate fraud cases. In law school, Goldman contributed to Michelle Alexander’s seminal book, The New Jim Crow, which addressed the inequalities in our criminal justice system.

The Democratic Primary in New York’s 10th congressional district is on Tuesday, August 23.