Kendrick Meek: “I say over and over again, this is a flawed bill. It is not hard to see it. They are wrapping it in politics to try and…”

“I say over and over again, this is a flawed bill. It is not hard to see it. They are wrapping it in politics to try and save the fact that there is no substance in this bill that is going to save the children of this country. Everything I have heard from the majority side makes me know they have never, ever experienced welfare. Now they are beginning to try to reform it. I want to reform it. I know it needs to be reformed. But it does not have to be reformed on the backs of the children of this country. It does not have to be reformed on food stamps. And they are having a similar idea that people who get food stamps, AFDC, do not know how to choose their food. That is not correct. This bill is going to deny 300,000 children of legal immigrants from getting food stamps. Do they want to cut children off from food? They have said they have a family-friendly atmosphere in the Republican Party. This does not meet the test of family-friendly.”