Join experts, political leaders, and thousands of Americans in signing the statement:

We cannot let the denial of protective gear that hurt so many 9/11 clean-up workers happen again with the Gulf clean-up workers.

President Obama and the federal government must demand that BP allow every clean-up worker who wants to wear respiratory protective equipment to do so -- and ensure that workers get the equipment and training they need to do their jobs safely.

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Signed -

Gulf States Louisiana Environmental Action Network Executive Director MaryLee Orr* Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper (Louisiana) Riverkeeper Paul Orr* United Commercial Fishermen Louisiana President George Barisich Louisiana Shrimp Association Acting President Clint Guidry Blanchard Seafood, Inc. President Dean Blanchard, a top shrimp seller in the US Rep. Alan Grayson (Florida) Rep. Kendrick Meek (Florida) Rep. Alcee Hastings (Florida) Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Texas) candidate for Attorney General Shannon Roberts (FL-15) candidate for Congress John Lingenfelder Jr. (TX-03) candidate for Congress David Edwin Cozad (TX-06) candidate for Congress Sheila Smoot (AL-07) candidate for Congress Doug Tudor (FL-12) candidate for Congress Paul Partyka (FL-24) candidate for Congress Stephen Jude Gavi (LA-04) candidate for Congress Lainey Melnick (TX-21) candidate for Congress Frederica Wilson (FL-17) candidate for Congress Charlie Justice (FL-10) candidate for Congress James Golden (FL-13) candidate for Congress Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson Biloxi City Councilman Bill Stallworth Louisiana Bucket Brigade Program Manager Anna Hrybyk* Gulf Restoration Network Campaign Director Aaron Viles* Disaster Accountability Project Executive Director Ben Smilowitz* Deep South Center for Environmental Justice Assistant Director Myra M. Lewis* Louisiana Bayoukeeper Tracy Kuhns* Mobile Baykeeper (Alabama) Deputy Director Tammy Herrington* Galveston Baykeeper (Texas) Baykeeper Charlotte Wells* Emerald Coastkeeper (Florida) Coastkeeper Chasidy Hobbs* Apalachicola Riverkeeper (Florida) Riverkeeper Don Tonsmeire* Atchafalaya Basinkeeper (Louisiana) Executive Director and Basinkeeper Dean Wilson* Conservation Alabama Executive Director Adam Snyder* Ecology Action of Texas Co-Director Karly Dixon* Delta Sierra Club (Louisiana) New Orleans Representative Dr. Barry Kohl* Nassau Sierra Club (Florida) Executive Committee Chair Ray Roberts* Public Policy Center of Mississippi Executive Director Warren Yoder* Environment Florida Advocate Adam Rivera* Progress Florida The Daily Kingfish (Louisiana Blog) Left in Alabama (Alabama Blog) Burnt Orange Report (Texas Blog) Texas Kaos (Texas Blog) The Natchez Blog (Mississippi Blog) Democratic Louisiana Editor Mike Stagg NOLA Democratic Party Executive Committee member Margaret Maggie Carroll NOLA Democratic Party Executive Committee member Andrew V. Tuozzolo Polk County Democratic Party (Florida) Chair Karen Welzel Lake County Democratic Party (Florida) Chair Nancy Hurlbert Flagler County Democratic Party (Florida) State Committeeman Paul Tetreault Tony Sasso, City Commissioner -- Cocoa Beach, Florida Phi Theta Kappa - Beta Nu (Texas) Vice President Andrew Floyd*

National Progressive Change Campaign Committee Democracy for America Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.* Commercial Fishermen of America President Jimmy Rule* Rep. Chellie Pingree (Maine) Rep. Jared Polis (Colorado) Rep. Phil Hare (Illinois) Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (Ohio) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (New York) Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (Arizona) Rep. Bob Filner (California) Rep. Jerry Nadler (New York) Rep. John Conyers (Michigan) Rep. Tom Perriello (Virginia) Rep. Keith Ellison (Virginia) Rep. Rush Holt (New Jersey) Rep. Eliot Engel (New York) Roxanne Conlin (Iowa) candidate for Senate Elaine Marshall (North Carolina) candidate for Senate Jack Conway (Kentucky) candidate for Senate Kendrick Meek (Florida) candidate for Senate William Barnes (Alabama) candidate for Senate David Segal (RI-01) candidate for Congress Bill Hedrick (CA-44) candidate for Congress Anne McLane Kuster (NH-02) candidate for Congress Michael Pipe (PA-05) candidate for Congress Bryan Lentz (PA-07) candidate for Congress Lois Herr (PA-16) candidate for Congress Scott Harper (IL-13) candidate for Congress Caleb Finkenbiner (OH-05) candidate for Congress Joyce Seger (OR-02) candidate for Congress Natalie Mosher (MI-11) candidate for Congress Morgan Bowen (UT-01) candidate for Congress Dr. Greg Robert Rabidoux (TN-07) candidate for Congress Wynne LeGrow (VA-04) candidate for Congress Todd P. Kolosso (WI-05) candidate for Congress Brett Ryan Carter (TN-06) candidate for Congress Matthew Campbell (IA-05) candidate for Congress David Gill (IL-15) candidate for Congress John Waltz (KY-4) candidate for Congress David Whitaker (AR-3) candidate for Congress Ed Potosnak (NJ-7) candidate for Congress Bill Hoffman (WA-7) candidate for Congress Clint Curtis (CA-4) candidate for Congress Tim Bagwell (IL-19) candidate for Congress Lois Herr (PA-16) candidate for Congress Michael Frisbee (GA-13) candidate for Congress Candice Britton (MO-01) candidate for Congress Jim Holbert (KY-05) candidate for Congress Betsy Dennigan (RI-02) candidate for Congress Nicholas Dibs (CA-37) candidate for Congress Cheryl Crist (WA-03) candidate for Congress Scott Withers (MI-05) candidate for Congress Patrick Meagher (CA-41) candidate for Congress John Callahan (PA-15) candidate for Congress Dan Connolly (PA-18) candidate for Congress Nancy Price (NV-02) candidate for Congress Dr. Manan Trivedi (PA-06) candidate for Congress Color of Change Friends of the Earth 1Sky Deputy Campaign Director Liz Butler* Levees Not War Yadkin Riverkeeper (North Carolina) Executive Director and Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks* Hudson Riverkeeper (New York) Patrol boat captain John Lipscomb* Tennessee Riverkeeper Executive Director David Whiteside* Assateague Coastal Trust/Assateague Coastkeeper (Maryland) Coastkeeper Kathy Philips* Milwaukee Riverkeeper (Wisconsin) Riverkeeper Cheryl Nenn* Hackensack Riverkeeper (New Jersey) Executive Director and Riverkeeper Bill Sheehan* Humboldt Baykeeper (California) Executive Director Pete Nichols* Ouachita Riverkeeper (Louisiana & Arkansas) Cheryl Slavant, Riverkeeper* Cook Inletkeeper (Alaska) Executive Director Bob Shavelson* LEAD Agency (Oklahoma) President and Grand Riverkeeper Earl Hatley* Savannah Riverkeeper (Georgia) Executive Director Tonya Bonitatibus* Silver Valley Community Resource Center (Idaho) Director and Waterkeeper Barbara Miller* Haw River Assembly (North Carolina) Riverkeeper Elaine Chiosso* Puget Soundkeeper Alliance (Washington) Pollution Prevention Director Chris Wilke* Western North Carolina Alliance French Broad Riverkeeper Hartwell Carson

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