[bryan999]

Congress SUCKS!

Really goes to show why they have such an abysmal approval rating.

[Wilderness Conservative]

Am I the only one who sees Stewart as a publicity seeking drama queen?

[napscoordinator]

Yep! They are trying to give themselves a 4,500 dollar raise while ignoring real heroes. Congress is cess pool. Those that stayed away from that hearing yesterday are the lowest of pond scum.

[OttawaFreeper]

Because these firefighters do not make them millionaires like their pet interests do. I saw Stewart speaking and while I might not agree with a great many things he’s stood for with his antics and other things, he really did show that great deal of sincerity in his speaking for these people in that instance.

[cookcounty]

Don’t know why Stewart is complaining, the subcommittee is part of the Judiciary Committee which was working on the all important milking of John Dean, and pre-Impeachement hearing so OF COURSE the members couldn’t be there John! We KNOW you’re itching for an impeachment because YOU ARE a TV comedian and that’s what comedy is all about now.

[Alberta's Child]

As is often the case, there is more to the story behind the scenes than meets the eye.

While I have no problem with Congress appropriating money to help legitimate "first responders" in a case like this, there is an angle to the whole 9/11 aftermath in NYC that doesn't get a lot of attention.

For one thing, many of the people experiencing these health problems weren't the initial firefighters and police personnel on the scene on 9/11, but were there for months afterward. There was no urgency to the work these NYC personnel were doing, and after the shock of the attack wore off the whole thing rapidly declined into an overtime scam for municipal workers and unionized construction workers. A contractor I know had volunteered to have his crews and equipment help with the cleanup at no cost, but he was told he could not help because his workers were not represented by a union.

The firefighters got into the act by getting the NYC government to agree that FDNY "honor guards" would be on the scene at all times during the cleanup -- to carry away the remains of any firefighters recovered at the scene. You can go to the 9/11 Memorial website today and find dozens of images like this showing this type of scene:

Keep in mind that this wasn't even close to a rescue operation anymore. There wasn't even a need to have any of these first responders on the scene at all. Most of the photos shown here were taken in the spring of 2002.

I'm sure this ain't politically popular for me to say this, but if I were a member of Congress I wouldn't vote to authorize one more penny of Federal money for any "victims compensation fund" anymore.

[Sacajaweau]

Pelosi is busy trying to take down the President. Schumer is even busier trying to get out from under Pelosi.

[KC_Conspirator]

Not a big fan, but he is on the right side on this one.

[grania]

I don't like praising Joh Stewart, but....

It's about time someone got past the political games that have become more important than solving problems. He blamed all of them! Wouldn't it be wonderful if all us little folk realized that NONE of them put us first?

[VanShuyten]

I have questions about attributing all cancers of responders to 9/11, since nearly 40% of all men eventually have some form of cancer. Essentially, US taxpayers are being asked to give money to all responders who get cancer over their lifetimes.

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[Rappini]

Katie Pavlich who was on the Five last night indicated that the maybe the hold up on this bill is the result of other folks who weren’t part of the First Responders are trying to pet a piece of the pie. Yes Congress should resolve issues faster.

[Tired of Taxes]

Back in 2015, the 9/11 First Responders Fund was allotted with $7.4 BILLION that was supposed to last through 2020.

22,000 people filed claims. The money started running out, so payouts were cut in half.

Info from this news story:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-panel-passes-9-11-victims-bill-after-jon-stewart-testimony/ar-AACMtZ7?ocid=spartanntp