'I have a mind to call him a scallawag and a ragamuffin,' the comedian joked earlier in the day about GOP Senator Rand Paul.
"We've tried to get into that office many, many times to have those conversations with those staffers, and haven't been able to," Stewart, formerly of, said during the CNN interview. He also pointed out that Paul had previously called him a"guttersnipe."Stewart, along with Feal and other 9/11 first responders,advocate of the government approving the legislation to secure funding for the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The comedian said he was"sick and tired" of hearing the attacks described as a"New York issue." Stewart pointed out that"Al-Qaeda didn't shout death to Tribeca. They attacked America and these men and women and their response to it is what brought our country back." Jon Stewart speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to renew permanent authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund on July 23, 2019 in Washington, D.C.On Tuesday, the legislation passed in the Senate by an overwhelming majority after passing in the House of Representatives earlier this month. The vote was 97-2, with only Lee and Paul dissenting. They both argued that they were concerned about government spending, pointing to the ballooning national deficit.
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