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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: And this does not come from FEMA money. This is not the emergency funding. This comes right out of the food stamp…

On the recordNovember 9, 2005
And this does not come from FEMA money. This is not the emergency funding. This comes right out of the food stamp program. We have cuts in child care. We have cuts that would prevent us from ensuring that deadbeat dads are pursued. There is a $4.9 billion cut from child support programs. As a result, parents will receive $7.1 billion, as the chart points out, less in child support over 5 years and $21.3 billion less over 10 years. There is a $577 million cut from foster care. Now, I know there are colleagues of mine on the other side of the aisle who are just bristling at that possibility. They do not want to make it so that families cannot take children in.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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