We should be doing more, not less. What is really troubling is that I know there are some on the other side of the aisle who think this doesn't cut food assistance enough. Imagine that--there is $8 billion--$8 billion worth of cuts in this bill, and still that is far less than they wanted to cut. The fact that in some ways this bill can be considered a compromise option just shows how unreasonable the cuts proposed by the other side were. What have we come to when we argue about how much of a cut to hungry children and families is reasonable? Yes, this bill is not as bad as it could be, but it is not as good as it should be. That is why I will be voting ``no'' against this bill today.
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