“Democrats don't have a day to waste in unifying around that shared goal.”
“It has a lot of capability, but as I understand it, in about a month or so, they're going to send it to have it be maxed out.”
“They're going to be sending it, and they'll have it be maxed out. It'll take about a month.”
“We can't stay silent in the face of a death of this magnitude, which happened while a man in difficulty was in the hands of the Police.”
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!”
“The atmosphere of disarray and gridlock and dysfunction and chaos in Washington doesn’t serve the American people.”

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On the recordJuly 11, 2019
Passing the bill in the Senate will be a chance to exhale, but it doesn't fix the grief obviously for these responders to continue to experience going forward.
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Jon Stewart comments on the importance of passing the bill for 9/11 first responders and acknowledges the ongoing grief they face.

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