On the recordMay 10, 2012
We keep hearing about waste, fraud, and abuse. We all need to do everything humanly possible to make sure there's no waste, fraud, and abuse. We keep hearing about these people who are receiving assistance under Food and Nutrition programs like they are cheating the system. They are eligible for the program. And that is why the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that 22 million households with kids are going to see their food nutrition cut, not because they're getting it somehow fraudulently. It is because what the Republican proposal does is cut it off. Almost 2 million people will be eliminated from access to the Food and Nutrition program. I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlelady from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), somebody who knows a lot about these issues and is a terrific member of the Budget Committee.
