Burgess Owens: “The defunding, the placing of zero in the budget for the summer youth employment project is probably one of the most…”

“The defunding, the placing of zero in the budget for the summer youth employment project is probably one of the most cruel and dangerous and deadliest acts of this oppressive elite minority in control of the Congress now. It shows no vision. It betrays the very vital segment of our population that needs help the most. They follow through on that, that zeroing the budget for the summer youth employment program with a $210 million rescission of the National Service Program. The National Service Program is for a different set of youth but it is basically program-oriented toward young people. The National Service Program is not a program of Bill Clinton, it is not a program that the Democrats fabricated 2 years ago and the Republicans stood on the sideline. I have been in Congress for almost 13 years and we have discussed a National Service Program for 10 of those 13 years. Both parties have come forward with proposals, both parties have worked together. Why do we all of a sudden have to throw overboard and destroy a program which it took 10 years of deliberation and planning to develop?”