[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 87 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       OUR NATION DESERVES BETTER

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, today we will vote on a bill to deprive 
impoverished mothers and their children of nutritional assistance at a 
time when record numbers of Americans are unfortunately relying on 
these programs.
  There is no better indication of the majority's misplaced priorities 
than when you examine their cuts to meals for low-income seniors and 
the cuts to our Nation's emergency food banks. My Republican colleagues 
love to say that these painful cuts are necessary to reduce the 
deficit. Don't believe it for a second. If we repeal the Bush tax cuts 
for millionaires for 1 day, just for 1 day, we could preserve every 
penny of the $100 million in cuts to senior food, aid senior hungry and 
soup kitchens.
  We're recovering from the worst economic disaster since the Great 
Depression. Poverty is on the rise across America. During these tough 
times, we could ask millionaires to go without their special tax cuts 
for 1 day. Instead, Republicans are asking some of America's poorest, 
most vulnerable seniors to go hungry for 1 day and more.
  Madam Speaker, our Nation deserves better than that.

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