"Nowhere in this bill does it say that there are over 25,000 people with a certified cancer," Feal said.

John Feal, a long-time 9/11 WTC Health Program advocate and participant, has made multiple trips to Washington over the last 20 years to lobby on behalf of first responders and survivors in the exposure zone.

The prize itself, a bust of Mark Twain, was presented to Mr. Stewart onstage by John Feal, an advocate for survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks, and Sgt.

Del Toro and John Feal, a first responder injured in the 9/11 attacks, presented Stewart with the award.

An advocate for U.S. military veterans and first responders from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Stewart received the award from two men representing those groups: John Feal, a 9/11 first-responder and Israel del Toro, a veteran.