911 victims

'This has never been dealt with compassionately by [McConnell]...He has always held out until the very last minute and only then, under intense lobbying and public shaming, has he even deigned to move on it.'

'It's an embarrassment to the country and a stain on this institution and you should be ashamed of yourselves...but you won't be because accountability doesn't appear to be something that occurs in this chamber.'

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

A victim's father said, "Are we more interested in yesterday's game than that ill-fated day we should never forget. Or have we forgotten?"

President Obama ended his trip to the city by visiting the World Trade Center site, where he laid a wreath and met with first responders and 9/11 victims' families.