Timothy Roemer: “the Republican meat ax has fallen once again and this time not just on chicken and meat but on tomatoes, on beans, on…”

“the Republican meat ax has fallen once again and this time not just on chicken and meat but on tomatoes, on beans, on carrots, on milk, and on orange juice. The latest target is the school lunch and breakfast program. Now some of them are going to argue, we have not cut it. Ask them then why is there a 20-percent transfer out provision in the block grant? Ask them why is there no inclusion of price increases for food? Ask them why, why is there no inclusion of a recession or unemployment rates? Those are basic questions and, furthermore, ask them why is there not the provision for entitlement for a child in poverty to be eligible. I am all for cutting billions, but let us cut billions from star wars and space stations and not nickel and dime our lunch programs to death.”