Debbie Schultz actually said...

"It is critical that local leaders be given the necessary tools to start planning now, so that our communities will have enough time to prepare for these life-altering effects."

"And that is because a block grant, you are giving a finite amount of money. You are saying this is what you have. Do with it what you will."

"the Ryan budget does just the opposite, because it achieves most of its savings by pulling the safety net out from under the most vulnerable."

"The fact that TANF is a block grant actually, in my view, makes it all the more important that food stamps retain its entitlement structure and be that floor under the poorest families."