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Jon Stewart, lawmakers, first responders call on Congress to maintain 9/11 fund
More than 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, first responders and their advocates were back at the Capitol Monday urging Congress to ensure that a victims’ compensation fund does not run out of money.
What’s mere money when 9/11 heroes gave their lives and their health?
How can we ever forget?
9/11 first responders forced to go begging to Congress after deep cuts expected in health fund
The answer no one in Washington could provide Monday was why Congress can’t just pass the law that would finally take care of the men and women who ran towards the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
St. Louis Woman Among 9/11 First Responders Pushing Congress for Action
Lynnette Miller wasn’t a doctor or firefighter, just someone living in New York who wanted to contribute in the wake of 9/11, whether that meant handing out dry socks or supplying hot coffee to other first responders.
Jon Stewart joins lawmakers in push for 9/11 victims funding
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, joined by comedian Jon Stewart, are pushing to fully compensate first responders and survivors suffering from illnesses linked to the 9/11 attacks.
Jon Stewart Joins Forces With 9/11 First Responders On Capitol Hill To Fight For Funding For Victims Of Terrorism
Comedian Jon Stewart visited Capitol Hill with Sept. 11 first responders to speak to Republican lawmakers about conserving health insurance funding for those affected by the terrorist attacks Monday.
Jon Stewart and lawmakers fight for 9/11 first responders’ care
Jon Stewart has been fighting for years to fully compensate 9/11 first responders for a variety of serious health issues resulting from their heroic acts in those terrible days, and months afterward during the cleanup.
Will Senate Republicans Jerk Around 9/11 Survivors Again?
For the third time over the last two decades, first responders and other survivors of the September 11, 2001 attacks have come to Congress to ask for help.
Jon Stewart Urges Congress To Fund 9/11 Victim Program
Jon Stewart went to Capitol Hill Monday to demand Congress provide additional funding for survivors and first responders of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Permanently Fund 9/11 Victims’ Compensation: Pols
Politicians, advocates and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart called on Congress to permanently fund a federal program for 9/11 victims and their families on Monday — days after the program’s chief revealed the stockpile is drying up.