'Welcome to another exciting episode of 'When is America going to start acting like the great country we keep telling ourselves we are?'' Jon Stewart, former host of 'The Daily Show,' is back in Washington, DC, pushing a bill to help sick veterans.
Jon Stewart, the former host of"The Daily Show," is back in Washington, DC, pushing a bill to help sick veterans.
Stewart joined Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz of California, former VA Secretary David Shulkin, and John Feal, a veterans advocate, at a news conference on Tuesday to speak out in support of the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020, a proposed bill that would support veterans who were exposed to harmful fumes that came from burn pits.
— NowThis September 15, 2020 Read MoreStewart, who previously backed a bill to help first responders that became sick as a result of their work on 9/11 to pay for health care through 2092, drew parallels between those sickened by 9/11 and veterans who went to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, pointing to jet fuel as being the common ingredient that has led to illnesses for both veterans and first responders.
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