U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the Trump administration to reverse job cuts to a critical health program.

President Donald Trump cut the workforce for the World Trade Center Health program as part of his layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The program impacts care and funding for 9/11 first responders and survivors.

Sixteen program staff were fired, the senators said, with others taking the Trump administration’s buyout option.

Senator Schumer said “never forget” is not just a slogan, it is a sacred promise we must uphold to care for our 9/11 first responders.

“To say funding for 9/11 first responders is government waste is outrageous and insulting,” Schumer said in a statement.

“This is betrayal of our heroes who stepped up and risked their lives to put our community back together in one of our nation’s darkest hours, and we will not let it stand,” Gillibrand said in a statement.