James N. Stewart: “Sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak--to no one. It is shameful.”

I`m not sure I have ever seen a situation where people who have already given so much had to fight so hard to get so little. And I hope we learn a lesson.

Senate is where accountability goes to die. These people don`t care. I`m used to all of it. But I am not used to the cruelty.

The war fighters that were sent to prosecute the battle based on the attack on 9/11 now suffer the same injuries and illnesses that the first responders suffered from. And they're getting the same cold shoulder from Congress that they…

Every minute of delay is a minute that a veteran who fought for this country and their families and their caregivers suffer and die. How are these people human? Where's the -- where's any sense of decency from any of them? 42 Republican…