Dear MoveOn member,

My name is Jon Stewart, and I seriously need your help.

I'm down in Washington, D.C. right now and just started a petition with my
friend John Feal because Congress needs to immediately authorize permanent
funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The Fund is
running out of money as people continue to get sick and die from the
health effects of the 9/11 attacks, and now families are seeing up to a
70% cut in their payments.

[ [link removed] ]Sign my petition telling Congress to pass the bipartisan bill to
support the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Congress must immediately vote to support the bipartisan bill "Never
Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund" to authorize full, permanent funding for the victims
and families of the 9/11 attacks.

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We've made numerous trips down to Washington, D.C. over the years to fight
for 9/11 victims and their families. Even though the experience is
exhausting and infuriating—emotionally and physically—it's still nothing
compared to the daily pain, fear, and uncertainty faced by 9/11 responders
and survivors who are in all 50 states and in 434 out of 435 congressional
districts.

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The number of people coming forward with illnesses and cancers related to
the exposures to toxins at ground zero grows every single day. Nearly
every other day, another 9/11 responder or survivor reportedly dies from a
9/11-associated cancer. As the consequences of these attacks grow, so too
do the costs which are taking a significant toll on the current funding
for the victims of this tragic day.

Chronic diseases such as asthma, obstructive pulmonary disease,
gastroesophageal reflux disease, and cancer continue to plague those who
were exposed to the many toxins and carcinogens on 9/11 and in the weeks
and months after.

Currently, more than 45,000 people who are in the World Trade Center
Health Program are suffering from at least one certified 9/11 condition
caused by the toxins at ground zero, at the Pentagon and at the
Shanksville crash site, and a large percentage have multiple conditions.

[ [link removed] ]Sign my petition to tell Congress it is their responsibility to provide
the Victim Compensation Fund with all the funding needed to make sure that
9/11 responders and survivors get the help they need and deserve. 

The new bipartisan bill "Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization
of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund" may be one of the few
bipartisan bills that can pass Congress this session–and we don't have
time to sit around playing political games.

To be quite frank, it's embarrassing that it hasn't been done already.

This is not a partisan political issue. We will talk to anyone—anywhere,
anytime—to make it clear that our loyalty is to those who sacrificed so
much for their communities.

We ask so much of our nation's first responders and volunteers—from
firefighters to disaster response volunteers. Let us not repay their
selflessness with apathy. Sign the petition. Demand your members of
Congress vote to support the bill.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends and family.

Thank you.

-Jon Stewart

P.S. [ [link removed] ]Watch the video interview I did with MoveOn earlier.

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