Pelosi is much to busy to pay attention to this trivia.
Not that I necessarily disagree with the bill. Its just funny thinking that Person A randomly involved in Event 1 through no fault of their own has the vast resources of Uncle Sam at his back while Person B randomly involved in Event 2 through no fault of their own is screwed.
I don't see Jon Stewart's urgency.
I lost two fireman friends to this horrible day and was in NYC and it was truly a nightmare.
Cancer did indeed kill a good fireman friend.
Won’t ever forget giving blood or the fighter jets above or driving past the shards of what was left of the WTC for what seemed like YEARS on the way to work at Rock Plaza.
I worked in those buildings in the ‘90 and I used to stare up from maybe 20 yards away and just look in AWE.
That being said, Billions and billions have been put towards funds already and I NEVER trust the fed govt when it comes to giving out more billions.
I just pray the money is not lining the wrong pockets.
The subcommittee members who were MIA when Stewart and Alvarez spoke include Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell of California, Madeleine Dean of Pennyslvania, and Sylvia Garcia, Veronica Escobar and Sheila Jackson, all of Texas. Swalwell is running for president.
The Republican members who were missing during their testimony were Louie Gohmert of Texas, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania, Ben Cline of Virginia, and Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota."
Credit where credit is due. Nicely done, Mr Stewart.
This is nothing but a racket to pay off New York City's public-sector unions.
Yes, the men and women who did the rescue and recovery work deserve our thanks and support. Slimey Stewart put on some performance the other day...
However, there will be undeserving people will abuse this pile of money. Many of the problems we face in this country are due to lawmakers being goaded by emotional performances.
Good!!!!! It’s a disgrace it wasn’t passed every year since 2012. What scum congress is.
It took a f-ing comedian to get these a-holes to do something? Congress is a worthless.
This Compensation Fund is funded through 2020. Where is the crisis to fund it now? What is the rush?
What does it pay for? Other parts of 911 First Responders victim assistance is funded for 90 years. This was only funded for 5 years.
Who manages the money? What is the oversite to ensure the money goes to where it is suppose to and not back into Democrat coffers.
First Responders in my area receive good health & disability benefits. What benefits are guaranteed them for 90 years and why should this fund be renewed? Is there financial hardship? Why should these folks receive more than a disabled Military or other Americans on disability?
Not saying no, saying it requires a review.
Not a penny should ever have come out of the US Treasury for thing related to 911.
The Saudi’s should be paying for it!
they want to keep the 911 victims fund, funded for 70 years, with no limit on funding!
the whole thing is a scam. the fund has become open to anyone that gets sick with cancer and other diseases, who can claim they were exposed to dust in the area.
while there are people that have developed problems or died from expose at the WTC site, at this point, the majority of people getting benefit from the fund is lawyers -
if you do a search for ‘911 victim fund’ or ‘911 cancers’, you see pages of ads for places that will help get money for people, for their cut of the proceeds.
it is all a SCAM now, and a review process should be done on how money was given out, and who has been paid, before any consideration of additional funds made, if any at all.
I understood why immediately after we wanted to help the families and victims. But it’s been 18 years. I don’t think we should need to be doing this anymore.
My opinion.
Jon Stewart, the comedian? Strange.
It’s also surprising since really, Congress thinks of all of us as meat anyway, like chopped liver with a vote.