House to Vote on Radiation Victims Compensation Renewal but With No Expansion

The House is set to consider next week a bill to renew a compensation program for Americans exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons testing or uranium mining. The legislation, which passed in the Senate, is being criticized because it does not contain a hoped-for expansion of compensation to states where uranium was mined and processed for the construction of nuclear weapons. The move came under fire specifically from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who called House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) choice of a narrower bill a “total dereliction.” “No member from Missouri can possibly vote for this,” Mr. Hawley stated on X, formerly Twitter....