>> Bret: WE TOLD YOU A FEW

MINUTES AGO A BILL TO ENSURE

FUNDING FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF

9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS IS BEING

BLOCKED IN THE SENATE BY TWO

REPUBLICANS, SENATORS RAND PAUL

AND MIKE LEE.

SENATOR PAUL TOOK TO TO THE L

SENATOR PAUL TOOK TO TO THE O

SENATOR PAUL TOOK TO TO THE R

TODAY SAYING THE SPENDING NEEDS

TO BE OFFSET BY CUTS ELSEWHERE.

WE ARE GOING TO GET REACTION NOW

FROM JON STEWART, COMEDIAN,

ACTIVIST, IS BEEN THE LEADING

ACTIVIST FOR THIS FUND AND ONE

OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS, JOHN

FIELD.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

JUST WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION

FIRST TO THIS NEWS TODAY AND

KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING

US, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AT FOX,

TELLING OUR STORY, SO THANK YOU.

LISTEN, WHERE LOTS OF FOREST BY

SENATOR LEE AND PAUL.

THIS IS THEIR M.O.

WE KIND OF HAD AN IDEA THAT THIS

WOULD HAPPEN BUT IF YOU WATCH

YESTERDAY ONE SOUTH DAKOTA

MAJORITY WHIP, UNANIMOUS --

SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND DID

HER UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND

MITCH McCONNELL, HE GAVE US

HIS WORD AND HE'S BEEN SINCERE

ABOUT THAT AND WERE CONFIDENT

WHEN THE BUILD WAS ON THE FLOOR

FOR A STRAIGHT UP-AND-DOWN VOTE,

SENATOR LEE AND SENATOR PAUL ARE

GOING TO LOSE AND ANY AMENDMENT

THEY TRY TO MAKE -- WE HAVE 73

COSPONSORS.

WE HAVE A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY

AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING MAY

HAVE TO OFFER COLD WATER.

BUT LET'S GET TO -- RAND PAUL

GOT $580,000 FOR A BROKEN RIBS.

IF WE GET $250,000 FOR CANCER.

TOM WILSON, HAD HIS TONGUE

REMOVED AND HIS NECK

RECONSTRUCTED, GETS $250,000.

HE'LL PROBABLY DIE FROM CANCER.

LUIS ALVAREZ WHO DIED FROM

CANCER, HE GOT $250,000.

SO I THINK BOTH OF THE SENATORS,

THE PEOPLE FROM THE STATE OF

KENTUCKY AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE

STATE OF UTAH DESERVE BETTER,

AND I THINK THEY LIKE HUMANITY.

>> Bret: THIS IS WHAT

"THE WASHINGTON POST" SAYS ABOUT

THIS FUND.

IT SAYS THE FUND PROVIDES MONEY

TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN

CONTRACTING DISEASES LINKED TO

TOXICS DEBRIS IN THE AFTERMATH

OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS,

WHICH WE KNOW.

UNDER CURRENT LAW THE FUND IS

SCHEDULED TO STOP TAKING CLAIMS

IN DECEMBER 2020.

IF THE NEW LEGISLATION WOULD

EXTEND THE PROGRAM FOR SEVEN

DECADES AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF

10.2 BILLION FOR THE FIRST

DECADE.

HER CELL SENATOR PAUL SAID IT ON

THE FLOOR TODAY.

>> AND A NEW SPENDING THAT WE

ARE APPROACHING, AND A NEW

PROGRAM IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE

LONGEVITY OF 70, 80 YEARS,

SHOULD BE OFFSET BY CUTTING

SPENDING LESS LESS VALUABLE.

WE NEED TO AT THE VERY LEAST

HAVE THIS DEBATE.

I WILL BE OFFERING UP AN

AMENDMENT IF THIS BILL SHOULD

COME TO THE FLOOR BUT UNTIL THEN

I WILL OBJECT.

>> Bret: JON STEWART, YOUR

REACTION TO THAT >> IS

ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS AND YOU

PARDON ME IF I'M NOT IMPRESSED

IN ANY WAY BY RAND PAUL'S FISCAL

RESPONSIBILITY VIRTUE SIGNALING.

RAND PAUL PRESENTED TISSUE PAPER

AVOIDANCE OF THE $1.5 TRILLION

TAX CUT THAT ADDED ON PARTS OF

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR

DEFICIT AND NOW HE STANDS UP AT

THE LAST MINUTE AFTER 15 YEARS

OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS FROM

THE 9/11 COMMUNITY TO SAY THAT

IT'S ALL OVER NOW, NOW WE ARE

GOING TO BALANCE THE BUDGET ON

THE BACKS OF THE 9/11

FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY.

BRET, THIS IS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF

SOCIETY WE HAVE.

AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO STAND

UP FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

ALWAYS STOOD UP FOR US.

AND AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME,

MAYBE CANNOT STAND UP FOR

THEMSELVES DUE TO THEIR

ILLNESSES AND THEIR INJURIES,

AND WHAT RAND PAUL DID TODAY IN

THE SENATE WAS OUTRAGEOUS.

HE IS A GUY THAT PUT US IN

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

OF DEBT.

IT WAS THE 51ST VOTE ON THAT

CUT, AND NOW HE'S GOING TO TELL

US THAT A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR

OVER TEN YEARS IS JUST TOO MUCH

FOR US TO HANDLE?

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THEY

HAVE NO TROUBLE PUTTING ON THE

CREDIT CARD, BUT SOMEHOW WHEN IT

COMES TO THE 9/11

FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNITY, THE

COPS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE

VOLUNTEERS, THE SURVIVORS, ALL

OF A SUDDEN, WITH GOT TO GO

THROUGH THIS.

THIS PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN

RUNNING FOR FIVE YEARS.

NO FRAUD, IT WAS TESTIFIED WHEN

WE WENT IN FRONT OF CONGRESS.

THE SPECIAL PAYMASTER TESTIFIED,

NO FRAUD, NO WASTE, NO ABUSE.

MIKE LEE, WE MET IN HIS OFFICE

FIVE YEARS AGO.

HE LOOKED US IN THE EYE, HE

LOOKED RAY PFEIFFER IN THE EYE,

WHO UNFORTUNATELY IS NO LONGER

WITH US, AND SAID HE WAS GOING

TO LOOK INTO IT.

HE IS THE REASON THAT WE HAD TO

GO BACK AGAIN FOR THIS NEW ONE

AND NOW HE WANTS TO PUT ANOTHER

CAP ON IT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE

JOHN FEAL AND ALL HIS OTHER

TENACIOUS YET ILL

FIRST RESPONDERS DRAG THEMSELVES

BACK TO WASHINGTON TO PUT THEIR

HATS IN THEIR HANDS AND BEG FOR

SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNTRY

SHOULD HAVE DONE 14 YEARS AGO.

IT'S AN ABOMINATION.

>> Bret: WE ASKED BOTH

SENATORS FOR A STATEMENT.

SENATOR PAUL'S OFFICE SENT A

STATEMENT SAYING "SENATOR PAUL

IS NOT BLOCKING ANYTHING.

HE'S SIMPLY SEEKING TO PAY FOR

IT AS WITH ANY BELT,

SENATOR PAUL ALWAYS BELIEVES IT

NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR.

SENATOR PAUL IS SIMPLY OFFERING

AN AMENDMENT TO PAY FOR THIS

LEGISLATION."

AFTER ALL THAT YOU'VE SAID HERE,

AND ATTENDING THE FUNERAL OF

YOUR COLLEAGUE LUIS ALVAREZ,

JOHN FEAL, THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU

ARE.

>> NO, LISTEN, SENATOR PAUL AND

SENATOR LEE ARE OPPORTUNISTS,

THEY ARE BOTTOM FEEDERS IN ANY

STATEMENT THAT THEY COME OUT

WITH DOESN'T HOLD WATER WITH ME.

YOU CAN'T CHERRY PICK AND CHOOSE

WHEN YOU WANT TO BE A

CONSERVATIVE FISCAL HAWK.

IF THAT'S JUST INSULTING TO OUR

INTELLIGENCE AND SHAME ON THEM.

THEY LACK HUMANITY, THEY LACK

LEADERSHIP, AND THEY JUST DO

THIS BECAUSE -- LISTEN,

TED CRUZ, RAND PAUL, MIKE LEE,

EVEN THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES DON'T

LIKE THEM.

WE DON'T LIKE THEM.

WHEN WE GET THIS BILL PASSED, WE

BEAT THEM AGAIN AND WE ARE GOING

TO WALK OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO

HOLD OUR CHINS UP HIGH AND OUR

CHESTS OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO

SAY WE BEAT RAND PAUL AND

MIKE LEE.

WE MET MIKE LEE A COUPLE MONTHS

AGO, HIS STAFF.

THEY PROMISED, THEY SWORE UP AND

DOWN BUT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO

GET IN THE WAY OF THIS.

MIKE LEE, YOU'RE A LIAR.

>> THE OTHER THING TOO, BRET, TO

A MEMBER, WHAT POINT THIS IS

EITHER NECESSARY OR IT'S NOT.

EVERYONE AGREES THAT IT'S

NECESSARY.

WE ARE EITHER DOING THIS --

THERE'S EITHER A NEED OR IT'S

NOT.

IF YOUR BUDGETARY PRIORITIES ARE

EITHER MOVED BY A MORAL COMPASS

WHERE THEY ARE NOT.

AND THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS PLACE

FOR THEM TO TAKE A STAND AND

BECAUSE, ONCE AGAIN, PAIN AND

HEARTACHE AND SUFFERING WITHIN A

COMMUNITY THAT HAS FELT SO MUCH

OF THAT OVER THESE PAST FEW

YEARS AND IS GOING TO BE

SUFFERING MORE.

>> BRET, WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS A

MAJOR DEFEAT TODAY IS A MINOR

SETBACK AND IT'S JUST GOING TO

PROPEL US TO A BIGGER WIN AND WE

ARE CONFIDENT THAT AFTER MEETING

WITH MITCH McCONNELL, THAT

HE'S KEPT HIS WORD AND HE'S

WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THIS

BILL ON THE FLOOR FOR A STRAIGHT

UP-AND-DOWN VOTE.

THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS WANTED.

THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT WAS EASY,

BUT WE WANT A STRAIGHT

UP-AND-DOWN VOTE BECAUSE WE

DIDN'T GET IT IN 2010, WE DIDN'T

GET IT IN 2015 AND WE WANT TO

WALK OUT WATCHING THE FRUITION

OF OUR WORK COME TO AN END.

>> IT'S THE SAME SONG AND DANCE

THEY'VE GIVEN US FOR 14 YEARS

NOW.

THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVEN ITSELF.

IT HAS SHOWN ITSELF TO BE

FAITHFUL TO THE STATUTE.

IT HAS SHOWN ITSELF TO BE FAIR

TO THE CLAIMANT AND SHOWN ITSELF

TO BE RESPECTABLE TO THE

TAXPAYERS, AND THAT'S ALL WE CAN

ASK OF A PROGRAM, BUT MOST

IMPORTANTLY, IT BRINGS JUST A

MOMENT'S PEACE TO A COMMUNITY

THAT HAS SUFFERED AND CONTINUES

TO SUFFER.

>> Bret: JON STEWART AND JOHN