As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is lobbying for a pay raise for herself and her fellow members of Congress, here’s Jon Stewart absolutely laying into representatives for skipping today’s hearing on extending health benefits from 9/11 first responders:

“What an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting healthcare and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to. Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders—and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress.”

WATCH:

Jon Stewart: "What an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting healthcare and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to. Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders—and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress." https://t.co/NkJuIoh4fP pic.twitter.com/EcDndmzU2C — ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2019

Oh, he wasn’t done:

Jon Stewart slams Congress over health care for 9/11 first responders: "I am awfully tired of hearing that it's a 9/11 New York issue. Al-Qaeda didn't shout 'Death to Tribeca.' They attacked America." https://t.co/NkJuIoyFEp pic.twitter.com/FYLaFChB6T — ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2019

This ended with a standing ovation for Stewart:

"Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity: time." Jon Stewart receives a standing ovation from 9/11 first responders after slamming lawmakers for failing to fund programs providing healthcare to the first responders https://t.co/vSFOq11Wr5 pic.twitter.com/BrAC3UfYMD — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 11, 2019

We don’t have an attendance report (yet) on who was there and who skipped, but this really is a bipartisan issue. Congress gets paid for THIS and it’s shameful that members of both parties skipped out on it.

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