Stewart said that the Republican Senators who recently voted against a veterans health bill did not support the troops but rather the war machine.
All of the Democratic senators and eightvoted for bill, which fell short of the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate threshold to break the filibuster.
Comedian and activist Jon Stewart attacked Republican Senators for failing to support a veterans health bill in a clip that has gone viral. Above, the former Daily Show host testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C.Kraisman told Stewart that following his speech, some Republicans defended their actions and said there is"unrelated spending within the [bill].
"There is not, that is just not true. What they are saying is that they don't like that it is mandatory as opposed to discretionary," Stewart replied."There isn't unrelated spending to it. They are saying there could be if there wasn't oversight, but that is what the Senate's job is. "The bill itself is incredibly detailed and descriptive about what it is for. It is about treating and preventing the different conditions that veterans are coming with, including cancers and chronic bronchiolitis and all these other issues from their exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan."
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