Political Quotes

On the recordMay 26, 2010
We have looked into that, and I can assure my colleague that all the statements I have made have been verified. Further, it would eliminate childcare subsidies for 35,000 low-income children and their working families who depend on subsidies in order to be able to work. It would eliminate over 40,000 Head Start slots that provide comprehensive early childhood services to low-income children. It would more than double the number of people waiting on their disability decisions from the Social Security Administration and delay benefits for everyone waiting on a decision. It would eliminate 13 million meals for older Americans, many of whom are low income, disabled, and depend on these meals for the majority of their daily food intake. On another matter, these amendments would also arbitrarily cap voluntary payments to the United Nations by $1 billion. No matter how important to U.S. security, no matter how much our allies are contributing, no matter that our influence is often the function of how much we contribute, the amendment picks a round number out of the air and prohibits spending $1 more.
Said by
Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
govinfo.gov
May 26, 2010

Editor's note · Context

Inouye discusses the negative impacts of proposed amendments on social services and U.N. funding.

Share

More from Daniel Inouye

Jul 23, 2012

viewers would be harmed in those 'instances in which [retransmission consent] agreements are not reached.'

congress.gov
Sep 21, 2012

this CR funds the government for the next 6 months at a level agreed to by the Budget Control Act. It contains a minimum of anomalies and allows adequate funding for disaster relief. This is an inefficient way to fund our Federal…

govinfo.gov
Sep 11, 2012

I rise in memory of an unspeakable tragedy that shook our great Nation free of the belief that we are an untouchable force in the modern world, 11 years ago today. Eleven years ago today an unspeakable tragedy shook our great Nation free…

govinfo.gov
Jul 23, 2012

Broadcasters should be allowed to negotiate for fair value and carriage of their signals.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation