Political Quotes

“I would say one thing. No. 1, under the Republican bill that family still is eligible for food stamps. That family is still eligible for food stamps; still eligible for other medical benefits and other kinds of welfare services. What they are not eligible for--and what your vouchers are replacing--is cash. So what you are doing is taking a cash program and turning it into a services program that does not have to be used for food, and can be used--again, I have to apologize. There is not much detail in this thing. So I am groping a little bit for my own information. I appreciate the Senator's responding and filling it in. But what you are filling in for--you already have people qualifying for food stamps, you already have people who are continuing to qualify for Medicaid, you already have people who continue, if they are eligible today, to qualify for housing. None of that changes. What we eliminate is cash, and what you replace it with is pseudocash, which is in a sense the same thing.”