Charles W. Stenholm: “I must say I was reminded of the famous quote of Will Rogers, when he observed that, "it ain't people's ignorance that…”

“I must say I was reminded of the famous quote of Will Rogers, when he observed that, "it ain't people's ignorance that bothers me so much, it is them knowing so much that ain't so is the problem." The gentleman from New York is totally nonfactual in what he was saying. All States are not affected by this bill. States are affected only to the extent they charge common AFDC food stamp administrative costs, and the only States that will be detrimentally affected are those that have been double-dipping, and that is something that we would not want to see done. First, make no mistake about it, a vote against consideration of S. 1150 will kill the bill, and that is what the gentleman from New York honestly wants to do, is kill this bill. Funding for crop insurance research and rural development and nutrition will be denied. Now, Federal mandates are generally thought of as any provision that imposes an enforceable duty upon a State, except as a condition of Federal assistance.”