I thank the gentleman. Why would we want to impose 66 percent of the cuts in your budget on low-income individuals and the poor? That does not make any sense. That is just morally wrong. Finally, I just have to say that the ranks of the poor began to grow under the Bush administration. The CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has again expired.
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