(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly pushed back Monday against Jon Stewart following the comedian's complaints that the senator has not dealt "compassionately" with the health problems 9/11 responders have faced in the years following the terrorist attack.

McConnell told Fox News he couldn't understand why Stewart is "all bent out of shape" on the issue and vowed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund would be fully funded.

McConnell's aggressive response came after repeated attacks in recent days by Stewart on McConnell's handling of the issue, including on Sunday when Stewart told "Fox News Sunday" that McConnell has "always held out until the last minute" to approve funding and "only after intense lobbying and public shaming."

"Well, many things in Congress happen at the last minute. We never failed to address this issue and we will address it again," McConnell told Fox in a separate interview Monday. "I don't know why he is all bent out of shape. We will take care of the 9/11 compensation fund."

McConnell also knocked Stewart, who regularly and mercilessly attacked McConnell when he hosted" The Daily Show," for complaining last week that a House Judiciary Committee hearing where Stewart was testifying with 9/11 responders appeared half-empty.

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