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Jeb Hensarling: “Reclaiming my time, since the gentleman serves on the Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over the food stamp…”

On the recordNovember 8, 2005
Reclaiming my time, since the gentleman serves on the Agriculture Committee, which has jurisdiction over the food stamp program, we just heard folks on the other side of the aisle, the Democrats, talk about massive cuts in the food stamp budget. But is it not true that even after we reform these programs, we will spend more on food stamps next year than we did last year?
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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