Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I am offering an amendment that reduces the funding for the billion dollar Food for Peace program. Regardless of its perceived merits, our country is deep in debt, and we have problems here in America, particularly rural America, that need to be addressed. The Food for Peace program has been rightly criticized as a waste of money and ineffective in achieving its stated goals. But the reason for my amendments are more direct: the current budget funding for this program is over $1 billion. We stand today with a $14.3 trillion deficit, and at the same time, we have unmet needs in our own backyards. My first amendment cuts $200 million from this program and my second amendment sets aside $100 million into the spending reduction account. Then, of the $200 million cut in my first amendment, $100 million each is directed into Rural Development, Title III, here in the United States. The reason for these amendments is straightforward. Parts of rural America rival parts of some Third World countries where we send tens of millions of dollars. We need to focus on our own people and our own communities before we spend taxpayer money in foreign lands.…”