Washington, Dec 19, 2001 - On Wednesday, December 19th, attorneys for Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will file a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Youngstown, Ohio asking the court to extend medical coverage and supplemental unemployment benefits to employees and retirees of LTV for as long as LTV is required to maintain it's facilities "hot idle". Kucinich's attorneys will also request an extension of benefits for sixty days after the facilities are removed from "hot idle."

"Without this extension, LTV is the grinch stealing the holiday season," Congressman Kucinich said. "Keeping a healthy work force is not only a humane act, it makes good business sense until a buyer can be found for LTV. The men and women who make up the LTV workforce are productive and essential human elements of the potential value of LTV to any buyer."