Patrick Kennedy: “Mr. Chairman, I was just struck in listening to the gentleman who just spoke about his moral outrage at the cut of basic…”

“Mr. Chairman, I was just struck in listening to the gentleman who just spoke about his moral outrage at the cut of basic science. Now, I share his concern that basic science can be a producer of jobs in the future, but to come on this floor and express the moral outrage that he expressed in this Congress' cutting basic science, I wish I could have heard him express the moral outrage when we cut in this House, based upon the Republican rescissions package, money for women and infants and childrens programs, money that goes to help pregnant women deliver healthy babies, and you are talking about making an investment in this country's future. I will tell you where the Democrats make their investment. The Democrats make their investment in people, because we know in this country we are not going to be a strong country if we produce babies that are sick babies, who do not have the nutrition they need, but the Republicans did not express that moral outrage when it came to cutting the WIC program. The Republicans did not express the moral outrage when it came to cutting the Meals on Wheels Program or cutting the programs that help our senior citizens.”