Candice S. Miller: “I have a very easy question: What does support for spinach farmers have to do with fighting the war in Iraq and…”

“I have a very easy question: What does support for spinach farmers have to do with fighting the war in Iraq and Afghanistan? The easy answer is: Nothing. But in the emergency war supplemental appropriation bill that we are considering this week, spinach farmers will be getting support. In fact, there is over $21 billion of unrelated spending in the bill; pork, pure and simple. And the purpose is simply to buy votes. I thought the Democrats promised to stop all of this. I thought they said they were going to clean up Washington and not waste taxpayers' money. This is hypocrisy, and you have to ask why they need to buy votes if they are so confident in their slow-bleed strategy. I said during the debate on this nonbinding resolution that the House considered a few weeks ago that micromanagement from the White House is wrong and micromanagement from the floor of this House is worse. The emergency supplemental is not nonbinding, it is for real, and many Democrats will be joining Republicans to vote to let the generals run the war, not politicians, regardless of money for spinach farmers.”