Jon Stewart on Senate approving 9/11 victims fund: 'This has been honor of my life'
"We can never repay all that the 9/11 community has done for our country. But we can stop penalizing them. Today is that day," Stewart said after the passage of the bill.
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said 9/11 first responders and their families have had that delayed passage of the bill for months. "Our 9/11 heroes deserve this program as written," Gillibrand said. "Let our heroes go home and live in peace and finally exhale." He added: "Today is that day that they can exhale because unfortunately the pain and suffering of what these heroes continue to go through is going to continue. There's been too many funerals, too many hospices. These families deserve better and I'm hopeful that today begins the process of being able to heal without the burden of having to advocate."
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the House-passed bill would result in about $10.2 billion in additional compensation payments over 10 years, including more than $4 billion for claims already filed. The legislation makes "solemn commitments" to firefighters, police officers and other first responders who "rushed selflessly toward the World Trade Center" just moments after the 2001 terrorist attacks began, McConnell said."Congress can never repay these men, women and families for their sacrifices. But we can do our small part to try and make our heroes whole," McConnell said.
More than 40,000 people have applied to the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, which covers illnesses potentially related to being at the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon or Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the attacks. More than $5 billion in benefits have been awarded out of the $7.4 billion fund, with about 21,000 claims pending.
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