On the recordJuly 17, 2014
The same Republicans that are advancing this include a group that have characterized as welfare Pell grants, school breakfast programs, senior nursing care programs. They want to lump all that as welfare, and they say we just can't afford that. I don't believe that we can't afford to target public resources where they are needed, whether they are tax expenditures or direct expenditures, but we don't need a permanent tax break for Twinkies and stale potato chips. Let's take the fiscally responsible, accountable approach, not the irresponsible approach that is being advanced today, and reject this bill.
