'We've never failed to address this issue. And we will address it again. I don't know why he's all bent out of shape,' said McConnell.
It's a war of words between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and comedian Jon Stewart as swap rhetoric around a bill which would continue funding healthcare and provide restitutions to 9/11 first responders.
Stewart told lawmakers during a visit to Congress last week that,"There is not a person here, there is not an empty chair on that stage, that didn't tweet out, 'Never forget the heroes of 9/11.'"Well, here they are! And where are they? Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity—time!"
In 2015, McConnell held the funding as political hostage because it was tied to negotiations of the long-term Highway Bill. McConnell reportedly wanted the bill to lift a ban on exports of U.S. oil and when they wasn't agreed to, he removed funding for the 9/11 bill as a negotiating tactic.
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