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Republican Cuts to Food Stamp and Other Agricultural Programs

Date: Nov. 9, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food


REPUBLICAN CUTS TO FOOD STAMP AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS -- (House of Representatives - November 09, 2005)

(Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, this week, Republicans will bring a budget reconciliation bill up that cuts critical Federal programs that directly affect the lives of everyday Americans, all so they can turn around and cut taxes that primarily benefit America's millionaires.

Among the proposals they will bring and will try to force through are dramatic cuts in food assistance programs to our most vulnerable. According to the CBO, the Republican food stamp cuts would knock nearly 300,000 Americans off nutritional assistance programs. Included in that number are 40,000 children who would no longer receive either free or reduced-price school lunches.

No other group has benefited more from 5 years of Republican domination in Washington than those who are the wealthiest in our Nation, and now Republicans want to take school lunches away from 40,000 children so they can provide America's millionaires another tax break.

These children desperately need the nutrition provided in school lunches. It is cruel, and this bill must be defeated.

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