Bill Pascrell said "But each of them gets a tax cut, Mr. Speaker, $60,000. This is wrong. The same report found that the best options for job growth include aid to States and increased safety net spending, something I know that the other side opposes. In fact, the Agriculture Committee just voted yesterday to cut food stamps, get this, by $34 billion; like all of those people on food stamps want to be on food stamps, all those people that are poor want to be poor. And that's your anthem. But it can't find reality. It has no foundation, and it is immoral--immoral. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair asks all Members to heed the gavel." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But each of them gets a tax cut, Mr. Speaker, $60,000. This is wrong. The same report found that the best options for job growth include aid to States and increased safety net spending, something I know that the other side opposes. In fact, the Agriculture Committee just voted yesterday to cut food stamps, get this, by $34 billion; like all of those people on food stamps want to be on food stamps, all those people that are poor want to be poor. And that's your anthem. But it can't find reality. It has no foundation, and it is immoral--immoral. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair asks all Members to heed the gavel.

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Democratic · New Jersey

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