could you provide examples of the research funded by the zadroga act? >> be happy to. we're very grateful for the original drafters of the legislation to provide money for research into the health conditions that our members face. and as i mentioned before, we've already learned quite a bit from that research. and i'd like to highlight just one aspect of it. in addition to mental health and respiratory and cardiovascular and our cancer research did research in auto ip mun diseases and others, is the research that we've done on individuals who were children at the time of the 2001 attacks. there were a number of -- of elementary schools and stuyvesant wrn high schools that were immediately impacted. and we have a number of those projects going on now. about seven that are funded. and we're learning the effects on developmental issues in the children's population. to date, we've funded $88.5 million worth of research. and we have a significant body of research that is published in peer reviewed journals the world trade center registry alone has published about 60 papers

nearly one decade after the september 11 terrorist attacks, the james zadroga 9/11 health and compensation act was signed into law. the act created the world trade center health program within the department of health and human services. the program provided evaluation, monitoring and medically necessary physical and mental health treatments to first responders and certified eligible survivors of the world trade center related illnesses. it's also established a network of clinical centers of excellence and data centers. for these responders and survivors who reside outside the new york area, the act created a national network of health providers who provide the same types of services for world trade center related illnesses. while cancer was not originally listed among the statutory wtc related health conditions, 60 types of cancer were added. and in 2012 at their petition by members of congress. as of may 5th of this year 3,700 members of the health program had cancer. the act also established the victims compensation fund that provide compensation for harm suffered as a result of debris