Jon Stewart takes it to Capitol Hill for 9/11 First Responders healthcare fund
WATCH: Jon Stewart's full statement before House cmte., demanding additional funding for 9/11 victim compensation fund, which is set to expire next year.
"Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity: Time! It's the one thing they're running out of." pic.twitter.com/M3hyEYhw0K
- MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 11, 2019
Stewart called out congress members, half of which didn't bother showing up, for failing first responders who have had serious health issues as a result of being on the ground during 9/11.
"What an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting healthcare and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to ... a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress."
Perfect. Thank you, Jon Stewart. https://t.co/xZO2vBFgjj
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) June 11, 2019
thank you Jon Stewart, for making sure "never forget" isn't just a nice-sounding slogan https://t.co/mV6kcfLYGI
- Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) June 11, 2019
Jon Stewart is the shit. pic.twitter.com/AQl9eyZ79L
- Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 11, 2019
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