Chris Van Hollen actually said...

While today's hearing is titled 'Strengthening the Safety Net,' it is mostly an effort to sugarcoat a Republican budget that shreds the soci...

I think that this test-driven mentality that we have in the country has been a disservice to most of us.

I think it would be better if we tried to take the programs that work, try and refine them.

First, I would observe that while spending on safety net programs is high now it is largely the function of the economic downturn.