Walter B. Jones: “I want to start my comments by reading from an ABC 20/20 transcript that aired on June 25, 1999. The headlines of the…”

“I want to start my comments by reading from an ABC 20/20 transcript that aired on June 25, 1999. The headlines of the feature were ``Front Lines, Food Lines.'' Highlights of the show: Low-paid military families cannot make ends meet. I am going to read a couple of the statements from the show. Tom Jarriel, ABC News: ``In Kosovo, American troops again face danger from snipers and patrols through villages littered with landmines. It is a familiar example of American military troops deployed for peacekeeping while risking their lives serving on the front lines.'' I further quote Tom Jarriel in this script. He says, ``On this day, 115 families searching for clothing for their infants and food for their tables. Among them, Corporal Victor Miller and his wife, Deborah.'' Corporal Victor Miller said, ``We got lucky, we got a 10-pound ham.'' Mr. Speaker, we have too many of our men and women in the military that are willing to die for this country on food stamps. It is absolutely unacceptable that this Congress will not do something about it.”