"Rep. Speier tore into the House GOP for their effort to starve the farm bill of food stamp funding. Saying, “they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes when they vote to cut food stamps. Some of these same members travel to foreign countries under the guise of official business. They dine at lavish restaurants, eating steak, vodka and even caviar. They receive money to do this. That’s right, they don’t pay out-of-pocket for these meals.” But just making a blanket statement about the hypocrisy wasn’t enough, Speier brought specific examples." “ One member was given $127.41 a day for food on his trip to Argentina,” said Rep. Speier of one of her Republican colleagues. Or there was also the congress person who got “$3,588 for food and lodging during a six-day trip to Russia. He probably drank a fair amount of vodka and probably even had some caviar. That particular member has 21,000 food stamp recipients in his district. One of those people who is on food stamps could live a year on what this congressman spent on food and lodging for six days.”
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:23:39 +0000
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