Jon Stewart lashes out at Congress over 9/11 first responders fund
By: policeone.com
WASHINGTON — Comedian Jon Stewart lashed out at Congress Tuesday for failing to ensure that a victims’ compensation fund for the 9/11 attacks never runs out of money. Stewart was speaking on Capitol Hill about the need to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
According to the Associated Press, Stewart angrily called out Congress for failing to attend a hearing on a bill that would ensure benefits for the next 70 years for first responders who were victims of the 9/11 attacks. CBS News reports that a little over half of the 14-member subcommittee members were present.
“I can’t help but think what an incredible metaphor this room is … a filled room of 9/11 first responders behind me and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress,” Stewart said at the hearing. “Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one … shameful.”
