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Liberal Democrats are fuming over $16 billion in cuts to food stamp programs included in the House farm bill set for a markup on Wednesday.Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.), the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, agreed to the cuts as a pragmatic way of moving forward with legislation important to rural lawmakers.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.) issued a scathing statement after the bill’s release that called it immoral and inhumane.
“This bill increases subsidies to millionaires. This is a bill that robs the poor to pay the rich,” she told the Hill Friday. “This bill is an outrage.”DeLauro said she is urging Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democratic leaders to oppose the bill.“No farmer is being cut back. They are being made whole,” she said. “The people are getting screwed in this process are the people who can least afford it.”
the in your face screw you poor people we need to feed the pigs, even with the lipstick this is one ugly bill by an ever increasing uglier house republicans.
A group of liberal congressmen plan a Tuesday press conference to protest the farm bill. Agriculture Committee members Reps. Jim McGovern (Mass.) and Joe Baca (Calif.) are slated to attend along with DeLauro, Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), and Gwen Moore (Wis.).
The Democratic division could hurt the bill’s chances on the floor, Peterson told The Hill Friday, since many conservative Republicans are likely to oppose it over the price tag.
pay them while they let chemical comp. kill us with their insectacides right get's it's way we can all cancel Christmas.
