9 Years of Jon Stewart Fighting for First Responders

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The House Judiciary Committee has passed a bill permanently funding the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund — something that Jon Stewart has spent 9 years lobbying for.

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00:00Gentlemen, you're all 9-11 first responders.

00:14Now you see the Senate is filibustering the bill.

00:19What's going through your mind as you're watching this process go down?

00:23We're disgusted.

00:24We're disappointed.

00:26And unfortunately, we're hurt.

00:39I'm here for a reason.

00:40There's a big vote coming up in Congress to reauthorize health benefits for 9-11 first

00:45responders.

00:50I'm embarrassed for New York.

00:52I'm embarrassed that you, after serving so selflessly with such heroism, have to come

00:59down here and convince people to do what's right.

01:05Unfortunately, we just passed a horrible milestone, which is over 10,000 cancer cases, 9-11 related

01:14cancer cases, and continuing.

01:18We just want to make sure that this stays at the fore, so that these individuals can

01:24get the care that they need, in many cases that they earned, and that they're not forgotten.

01:31I want to congratulate Mick Mulvaney on a job well done.

01:37I don't get to see these guys enough.

01:39So it's always great when someone screws up their health care again, and we can all get

01:44together.

01:45We can cut through the nonsense here, everybody.

01:47This is about 12 Republicans on the Senate side.

01:50That's all this is.

01:52You get 12 Republicans on the Senate side, and this thing goes through.

01:55This bill, this program already exists.

01:58It's like you have a Starbucks card.

02:00We're just asking to get a little more money on it.

02:02They responded in five seconds.

02:06They did their jobs with courage, grace, tenacity, humility.

02:18Eighteen years later, do yours.

02:26Thanks.

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