Republican government: “What we have carefully done is exclude some extraneous pieces,” [Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.)] said. Extraneous? For almost 50 years, food stamps have been part of the annual farm bill, and the $80 billion spent on the program keeps tens of millions of Americans, about half of them children, from going hungry. “Kids going to bed hungry at night in this nation is extraneous?” asked Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.). “The 47 million people who are on SNAP” — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — “are not extraneous,” argued Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.).
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 02:55:16 +0000
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