WE’VE SEEN IT HERE OR THERE BUT
NOT ENTIRELY YET.
THIS FROM YET.
CHECK IT OUT.
WATCH.
>> NOW THEY SAY THIS WILL GET
DONE MAYBE AFTER WE GET BACK
FROM OUR SUMMER RECESS.
MAYBE DURING THE LAME DUCK.
THEY’RE ON SENATE TIME.
THEY LIVE FOREVER AND THEY
NEVER LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THEY
NEVER LOSE THEIR BENEFITS AND
THEY NEVER LOSE ALL THOSE
THINGS.
THEY’RE NOT ON SENATE TIME,
THEY’RE ON HUMAN TIME.
CANCER TIME.
THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE
SENATE, TO THE COUNTRY, TO THE
FOUNDERS, AND ALL THAT THEY
PROFESS TO HOLD DEAR.
IF THIS IS AMERICA FIRST, THEN
AMERICA IS [BLEEP].
>> Bill: JON STEWART NOT HAPPY.
THIS AFTER SENATE REPUBLICANS
BLOCKED A BILL THAT WOULD
EXPAND HEALTHCARE FOR MILLIONS
OF VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC
BURN PITS IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ
AND AFGHANISTAN.
REPUBLICANS SAY THEY WERE NOT
HAPPY WITH THE PROVISION THAT
THEY CLAIM WAS STUCK INSIDE THE
BILL AND THEY WANT IT OUT.
BACK WITH ME TODAY JON STEWART.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK.
>> FIRST OF ALL, BILL, NICE TO
SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON AND
I TRULY APOLOGIZE FOR ALWAYS
HAVING TO BE IN MY CAR WHEN I’M
DOING THESE.
APPARENTLY I WORK FOR DOOR DASH.
>> Bill: I JUST THOUGHT YOU
LIKE THE TURNPIKE IN JERSEY.
WE SPOKE TWO MONTHS AGO TODAY
AND I WATCHED YOUR CLIP FROM
YESTERDAY AND AS WE SAY BACK IN
OHIO, YOU WERE HACKED OFF.
DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS
BILL WILL GET DONE IN SOME FORM?
>> BOY, I PRAY, BILL.
IT HAS TO.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE
SUFFERED FOR SO MANY YEARS
EXPOSED TO THESE AND THE
GOVERNMENT HAS NOT FULFILLED
THEIR PROMISE TO THEM AND IT
HAS TO GET DONE.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN LIVE --
THEY CALL IT SCAN TIME.
THEY GET A SCAN EVERY THREE
MONTHS.
IF THE SCAN IS GOOD THEY GET A
DECENT THREE MONTHS.
THEY CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER.
THE DELAY HAS TO STOP.
I WANT TO JUST TELL SOME OF THE
MISINFORMATION PUT OUT ABOUT
THIS BILL.
NO SPENDING THAT IS NOT RELATED
TO VETERANS HAS BEEN ADDED TO
THIS BILL.
NO LAST-MINUTE BUDGET GIMMICKS
HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS BILL.
THIS BILL IS PURELY BASED ON
TOXIC EXPOSURE, HEALTHCARE AND
BENEFITS TO VETERANS.
BY WAY, DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR
IT.
DON’T TAKE AN IDIOT’S WORD
PARKED ON A SIDE STREET IN NEW
YORK FOR IT.
CONGRESS.GOV HAS THE TEXT OF
THE BILL.
NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN ADDED TO
THAT BILL FROM THE PACT ACT
BILL THAT THE SENATE PASSED
84-14.
NOT ONE WORD HAS BEEN ADDED TO
IT.
THERE IS NO ADDED PORK.
HUNTER BIDEN DIDN’T SNEAK IN
AND ADD IN UNRELATED SPENDING
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THIS BILL IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS
WITH THE REMOVAL OF ONE
SENTENCE THAT HAD TO DO WITH
TAXATION AND RURAL MEDICAL
FACILITIES.
>> Bill: YOU WENT OFF ON PAT
TOOMEY THE REPUBLICAN ON
PENNSYLVANIA.
LAST TERM HE IS LEAVING AFTER
THIS VOTE.
I SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER TODAY
AND HE CALLS IT A BUDGET
GIMMICK.
HE SAYS THERE IS $400 BILLION
IN TOTALLY UNRELATED MATTERS
AND I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO
HAVE YOU ON AND HE SAID YOU ASK
JON IF HE IS REALLY TICKED OFF
ABOUT THIS GO AFTER DEMOCRATS
AND SAY TO DEMOCRATS GET THIS
PROVISION OUT OF THE BILL AND
IT WOULD PASS TODAY.
THAT WAS HIS RESPONSE.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THAT’S JUST
NOT TRUE.
THE PROVISION WAS IN THE BILL
WHEN IT PASSED 84-14.
ASK PAT TOOMEY BECAUSE HE
COMPLAINED ABOUT IT ON JUNE
16th WHEN IT ORIGINALLY PASSED.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
THE MANDATE VERSUS MANDATORY
SPENDING AND DISCRETIONARY
FUNDING IS EXACTLY AS IT WAS
AND THAT PROVISION CAME OUT OF
THE SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY.
IT WAS NOT ADDED TO THE BILL BY
DEMOCRATS.
IT IS NOT A GIMMICK THAT WAS
PUT IN THERE AND AGAIN, DON’T
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.
GO TO CONGRESS.GOV.
THE TEXT OF THE BILL HASN’T
BEEN CHANGED.
>> Bill: HE SAID EVENTUALLY
THIS BILL WILL PASS AND
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> EVENTUALLY IS NOT OKAY.
TELL SOMEONE WITH CANCER THAT
HAS BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR
YEARS THAT EVENTUALLY THEY WILL
GET THE HELP THAT THEY’VE
EARNED.
THAT’S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER.
IT IS DISPICKABLE TO CONTINUE
TO USE AMERICA’S MEN AND WOMEN
WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THIS
COUNTRY AS POLITICAL PAWNS FOR
WHATEVER ANGER YOU HAVE ABOUT
SEPARATE ISSUES.
THIS BILL IS UTTERLY AND
COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON VETERANS’
ISSUES.
THERE IS NO PORK IN IT.
IT IS A KOSHER BILL.
THERE IS NO EXTRA SPENDING ON
THIS BILL THAT IS NOT VETERAN
RELATED.
THEY ARE LYING.
TED CRUZ CAME OUT AND SAID THEY
ADDED THIS GIMMICK.
IT HASN’T BEEN ADDED.
TED CRUZ VOTED YES.
THERE IS A VIDEO ON THE SENATE
FLOOR THAT IS DESPICABLE.
>> Bill: HERE IS WHAT CAUGHT MY
EAR YESTERDAY.
I’M USED TO IT, KAY.
WHAT I’M NOT USED TO IS THE
CRUELTY.
LISTEN, MAN, YOU HAVE BEEN IN
THE COGS OF THE ENGINE OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR YEARS NOW.
AND YOU HAVE RUN STRAIGHT IN
JUST LIKE YOU ARE SITTING --
YOU HAVE RUN STRAIGHT INTO A
HEAD-ON COLLISION HOW
WASHINGTON WORKS.
A FINAL COMMENT ON THAT.
>> THE WAY IT WORKS IS A SHELL
GAME OF MANDATORY AND
DISCRETIONARY SPENGD.
HOW EVERYTHING WORKS IN THE
GOVERNMENT.
I’M SO TIRED OF THE REAL LIFE
COSTS OF THEIR CASUAL CRUELTY
AND INDIFFERENCE TO THE
SUFFERING OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
THAT FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY.
IF WE CAN’T TAKE CARE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF US THEN
WE’RE NOTHING.
WE’RE NOBODY.
>> Bill: I TOLD YOU TWO MONTHS
AGO I WOULD BRING YOU BACK WHEN
THE THING PASSED AND YOU SAID
HANG ON WE’RE NOT THERE YET.
I’LL BRING YOU BACK WHEN IT
PASSES.
I BELIEVE IT WILL GET DONE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HELPING GET
THE WORD OUT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> Bill: YOU ARE DOING A GREAT
JOB FOR DOOR DASH, BIG TIP FOR
YOU, FIVE STARS.
>> JUST MAKE SURE THAT RATING
STAYS HIGH.