Jon Stewart yesterday took a visit to Capitol Hill to lobby on behalf of 9/11 responders and survivors, to argue for a permanent extension of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
According to Politico’s article, “Mr. Stewart goes to Washington,” the bill “provides annual health care and compensation for World Trade Center survivors and responders.”
9/11 first responders are dying. Jon Stewart is marching on Congress to change that. http://t.co/7XKk1D7oOp
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 11, 2015
Jon Stewart Joins 9/11 Workers in Pressing Congress to Extend Benefits http://t.co/mOCIuXhWuz
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) September 16, 2015
Viewers of his from the Daily Show know that this has been a long passion of his to get passed. Stewart, of course, played a big role in the nation trying to process the horrific event of 2001 during the immediate aftermath with his impassioned and emotional reaction, giving another clear and mournful voice of our grief.
Jon Stewart Disgusted With Congress' Treatment Of 9/11 Responders http://t.co/MSy5t3w3a0
— Hayat Alvi, PhD (@HayatAlvi) September 17, 2015
"It's a bridge repair on a road they don't travel." - Jon Stewart on Congress' response to renewing a bill that aids 9/11 responders
— Lauren Elizabeth (@xLauren_Mx) September 17, 2015
Politico’s article detailed his trip to Washington further yesterday. “’I have a warning: today, on the Hill, you will be exposed to possibly toxic levels of bullshit and arrogance. You’re strong men and women, but these are conditions you may have never seen before,’ Stewart, joined by dozens of first responders, activists, and lawmakers, joked before entering the Capitol. ‘Nobody had to lobby you to rush to the towers on that day.’”
Jon Stewart is "embarrassed" that Congress hasn't extended 9/11 medical benefits yet: http://t.co/9Lvn8kkbIR pic.twitter.com/5dOzio8A0r
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 17, 2015
HAPPENING NOW: Jon Stewart is accompanying 9/11 first responders to lobby congress to extend #ZadrogaAct pic.twitter.com/IyTaDIsLoA
— Sputnik US (@SputnikNewsUS) September 16, 2015
Jon Stewart is coming to DC to walk the halls of Congress to urge Congress to #renew911health. Join us in the fight: http://t.co/SUcXtUsIeL
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) September 14, 2015
Though hopefully this signals significant enough support to pass this obviously-needed bill, Jon Stewart’s arrival does bring up some difficult questions.
Why does it take an ex-late night host to make Congress do the right thing by our 9/11 heroes? http://t.co/rOvw59DBLr pic.twitter.com/TX3XnohDCh
— The National Memo (@NationalMemo) September 15, 2015
It shouldn’t take Jon Stewart at the Capitol for Congress to give those who served & sacrificed on 9/11 the care they need. #renew911health
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 16, 2015
