Long-term funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund is a step closer to reality after the House Judiciary Committee approved the spending bill on Wednesday – a day after a stinging and sometimes-emotional scolding by comedian Jon Stewart.
“Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity—time! It’s the one thing they’re running out of,” Stewart said during the subcommittee hearing.
“They responded in five seconds. They did their jobs – with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. Eighteen years later – do yours,” he asserted.
“They did their jobs…18 years later, do yours!”In angry and impassioned remarks, Jon Stewart appeals to Congress to make 9/11 victim compensation fund permanent. Watch his full opening statement: https://t.co/pfQHOFGcgD pic.twitter.com/uEvmYs65Vx
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Steward, who has advocated for the fund for years, was incensed when an entire row of committee seats was empty during his testimony. Every seat behind Stewart was filled with first responders.
At one point, the room erupted into applause as Steward suggested the hearing roles should be reversed.
“This hearing should be flipped. These men and women should be up on this stage, Congress should be down here answering their questions as to why this is so d*** hard and takes so d***…
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