Bill Delahunt: “You said it better than I did. It gives them a break on their bill, and it is administered through community action…”

“You said it better than I did. It gives them a break on their bill, and it is administered through community action programs. And, we don't fund it adequately. I think that the total is a little over $2 billion annually. Now, stop and think: $2 billion for hundreds of thousands, millions, actually, of families that would qualify in this country for some help to stay warm so they didn't have to make that choice between eating or freezing. Yet, we are giving $16 billion in subsidies to major oil. This is Alice in Wonderland, Madam Speaker. Up is down and down is up. How does the majority justify this? How do you justify that in moral terms, Madam Speaker? This is more than just public policy. I would suggest to you that doing that amounts to a violation of our moral code and moral responsibility as leaders in this country. That is what it is.”