A congressional hearing Oct. 23 will assess whether ill workers from Rocky Flats and other nuclear weapons sites are being treated fairly by a federal program that is supposed to compensate them for work-related illnesses. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., heads the committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, which will try to determine whether the program is "friendly to our Cold War heroes." Coloradan Terrie Barrie is getting ready to go. She became a national advocate for ill workers like her husband George, a former Rocky Flats worker. She plans to meet with lawmakers' staff members.

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