West Kentucky Star - Whitfield Works to Protect Sick Workers' Families - 0 views
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U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) introduced legislation Thursday in the House of Representatives, to ensure surviving family members are able to receive the benefits of sick workers from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in the event the former worker dies before claims processing is complete. The legislation is identical to the bill U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) introduced in the Senate last week. "Since entering Congress, ensuring sick workers from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant get the care and compensation they are entitled to has been one of my top priorities," Whitfield said. "This important legislation will help make certain the surviving family members of those workers are taken care of in the event they pass on before claims processing is complete."