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His testimony. >> im sorry if i sound angry and undiplomatic. but im angry and you should be too. your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity. time. its the one thing theyre running out of. they did their jobs with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later do yours. >> kristen welker, this is such a clear moral argument. this is the second time jon stewart has in recent years at least even come up with these first responders.

Consent and a stand alone issue is beyond my comprehension. it all gets stuck in some transportation bill or some appropriations bill and get sent over to the senate where a certain someone from the senate will use it as a political football, they did their jobs. with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours. >> do yours. that certain someone from the senate that the jon stewart is referring to is someone you may have heard of, mitch mcconnell. stewart called him out by name ...

They did their jobs. with courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours! >> lets be honest. we were all jon stewart. he was all of what we are in that moment. that was the truth. its not about right or left. that was his dramatic plea to lawmakers last week fighting to get the 9/11 victims compensation fund reauthorized. like thats controversial? if there were any question whether his scalding call for urgency and respect were warranted, the senate majority leader answered it with...

Your great reporting. comedian jon stewart and senator mitch mcconnell are trading jabs over health funding for 9/11 first responders. here was stewarts impassioned plea after seeing empty chairs at a hearing last week to replenish the money followed by the majority leaders response on fox. >> sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one. its shameful. they did their jobs. with courage, grace. tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours! >> members have a lot of things...

-and waiting on hold. what we dont like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didnt that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, weve got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. todays xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. id rather not. >> they did their jobs. with courage, grace -- tenacity. humility! 18 years later, do yours! chris: that ...

>> i think shes bidens heat shield. and the weird thing about her is her ceiling, is lower than joe bidens floor. thats my opinion. so itll be interesting to see what happens to her, but right now shes helping vice president biden. >> interesting, mr. stewart goes to washington. john stewart heroically shamed congress. is this a future celebrity play book for duh legislation. >> your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity -- time. its the one thing theyre running out...

The weird thing about her is her ceiling is lower than joe bidens floor. that is my opinion. it will be interesting to see what happens to her. right now she is helping vice president biden. >> interesting. mr. stewart goes to washington. jon stewart heroically ashamed congress into new legislation helping 9/11 first responders. is this a future celebrity playbook for what im calling duh legislation? >> your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity -- time. its the one...

9/11 responders. this 18 years after putting their lives on the line. this after the emotional plea from jon stewart. >> im sorry if i sound angry and undiplomatic, but im angry. your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity. time. the one thing theyre running out of. the idea you can give them five more years of the vcf because youre not quite sure what will happen five years from now. i can tell you what will happen five years from now. more of the men and women will...

Seconds. they did their jobs. with courage, grace tenacity, humility. 18 years later, do yours! >> he didnt have to do that. and the next day the house judiciary committee unanimously passed the 911 victim compensation bill. and i was also thrilled by the way to see four former heads of the environmental protection agency both republicans and democrats joining forces speaking out about the current epa saying stop ignoring science kwab, rolling back major protections for the planet. thats three b...

>> they did their jobs. courage, grace, tenacity, humility. 18 years later do yours. >> he did such a good job in front of congress but the fight doesnt end here because the bill to reauthorize the victims compensation fund may come to a halt in the senate. >> joining us is the chairman and ceo of the towers foundation. i am sure you are feeling better this morning. you listen to those words of john stuart. im sure he woke a lot of people up but how much does it pay in your heart the people had ...