"we are expanding Medicaid, we have a Republican Governor, who is doing that."
"And I want to know what that impact of continuing that kind of a balanced approach, where you are reducing and you are raising, has on the Federal deficit over the next 25 years."
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"But you would agree that we ought to be careful about just cutting those families off food stamps."
"I think we still have negative job growth."
"Saying it does not make it true."
"I would hope that in America, the starting point is we all care."
"it is irresponsible to just decide that we should cut any of these programs in the name of poverty reduction."
"In New Mexico, senior citizens beg to go back to work because $10 in food stamps was not enough to make ends meet."
"this seems like a very political attempt to undermine the implementation of the Affordable Care Act"
"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much."