GOP Sen. Mike ​Lee, who blocked a vote on a bill for 9/11 victims in the Senate, on Thursday suggested funding the program for 10 years instead of through 2092 as advocates have sought.

“Last night Jon Stewart said he believed a billion dollars a year for ten years was a reasonable request for 9/11 first responders. I agree​,” Lee, of Utah, said in a statement. “That is why I filed an amendment last night funding the program at $10.18 billion over ten years, the exact same amount the Congressional Budget Office estimated the program will need​.”

​Lee and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) objected Wednesday to the bill coming to a vote in the Senate, where it has 73 co-sponsors, until questions can be answered about its oversights and costs. ​

In the statement, Lee said he doesn’t want to stop the bill from being considered.

​“I simply want to ensure that Congress has some continued oversight to ensure the Fund continues to follow the law as intended,” he said. “We have seen too many times government programs divert from their intended use when Congress abdicates its oversight role.”

Supporters of the bill want the fund, which is already running out of money, to be extended until 2092 to ensure those who responded to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be taken care of without having to return to DC for a vote every 10 years.