James N. Stewart: “This is an embarrassment to the Senate, to the country, to the founders and all that they profess to hold dear.”

I am awfully tired of hearing that it is a 9/11 New York issue. Al-Qaida didn't shout 'Death to Tribeca.' They attacked America.

We must pass this legislation to demonstrate that we really do take care of our own people and we are devoted to the community, that is America.

You should be ashamed of yourselves, for those that aren't here, but you won't be, because accountability doesn't appear to be something that occurs in this chamber.

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…