Sam Farr: “I would be curious if, at your town hall meeting, you got up and asked people would you rather take $604 million out of…”

“I would be curious if, at your town hall meeting, you got up and asked people would you rather take $604 million out of the program that feeds women, infants, and children or would you like to take $604 million out of the Defense Department for a war that we're putting on a credit card, for an Afghan war that we're putting on a credit card, the Iraq war we're putting on a credit card, or the prescription drug program that wasn't paid for under the Republican program? How about asking the people's choices? We just authorized a defense bill in committee where we talked about billions and billions of dollars, and those are all borrowed money. So why don't we get our priorities straight? We spent 3 hours here last night discussing what the implications are of cutting the WIC program. I don't think this is a country that wants to balance its budget on the backs of the poorest people in the United States, on the people most vulnerable, on the people that need just basic services. And that's what this amendment does. Mr. Broun, I know you're interested in cutting, squeezing, and trimming, but there are places to do that, and this is not one of them. Certainly, if you were here on the floor listening to the passions of last night, of 3 hours of debate on what the implications were for cutting the WIC program--and it seems that none of that was listened to by you because this is an amendment that goes right back to reducing that account by $604 million.…”