Reclaiming my time, it would be great if we were privately funding the whole bill. But, unfortunately, the taxpayers are paying all $49 billion of this bill; $37 billion of it is going into food and nutrition programs for children, but that is not enough. What appears to be happening is that some folks want to take more away from the farmers and give more to Washington bureaucrats. The farmers are the ones feeding the families.
Jack Kingston: “Reclaiming my time, it would be great if we were privately funding the whole bill. But, unfortunately, the taxpayers are…”
On the recordJuly 22, 1997
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Discussing the funding of a bill related to food and nutrition programs.
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