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Give Me a Break

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 2, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Agriculture and Food

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, reportedly the Republican leadership has drafted a bill that doubles the level of cuts to food stamps over what was included in the farm bill that failed to pass this House in June.

That's right: it doubles the cuts. More than 50 million people are hungry in America, 17 million are kids, and the Republicans think cutting $40 billion from the most important program that prevents mass hunger in America is somehow a good thing? Give me a break.

They have already tried to cut $20 billion from food stamps. They failed. Any rational person would say they went too far, we need to compromise. Instead, the Republican leadership decided to double down on the crazy.

If House Republicans insist on moving forward with this awful proposal, I will fight it with every ounce of energy I can muster. We should not, we must not, we cannot allow this mean-spirited, cold-hearted proposal to pass.


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