'I want to make it clear that this has never been dealt with compassionately by Senator McConnell. He has always held out until the very last minute, and only then, under intense lobbying and public
Former talk show host Jon Stewart took Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to task on Sunday, saying McConnell has not supported the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund without being the target of lobbyists or public ridicule.
Stewart's advocacy extended to a trip to Washington D.C. last week where his remarks to members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties quickly gained national attention as Stewart blasted committee members for skipping out on the hearing., Dr. Jacqueline Moline, Chair of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at Hofstra's School of Medicine, told the committee that over 11,000 types of cancer have been reported since September 11, 2001.
"We cannot make these individuals continue to live in the agonizing uncertanity of not knowing that these programs will be extended and that they will be able to move on with their lives," Stewart said.Fox News Sunday Wallace then brought up criticism voiced by some Republican senators who said that the bill should not be given open-ended funding and that states should be responsible for supporting victims rather than the federal government.
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