big way. we serve over a million meals a day. these aren t the people that can go out and shout in the streets and make sure that the folks up on capitol hill know what s going on. now you re truly shut in. welcome back to hardball. last night way brought you chairman of the board of directors for the meals on wheels association of america to explain the toll, the across the board spending cuts known as sequester, some of america s most vulnerable people. here s the director of the community oncology alliance talking about the effects of these arbitrary cuts on some cancer patients. i had spoke to another practice administrator in salt lake city. she has an 82-year-old patient, a lymphoma survivor who has to travel 62 miles. you already have cancer, now you have this. we ve told you about some of the programs hurt by sequester huts. special education and head start, of course. that s just a sampling. we re going to keep track, by the way, of those for whom these cuts are the un
the american people know that washington has a spending problem. what you got here? spaghetti, peas and some veggies. every american knows washington has a spending problem. i defend on that for one good meal a day. i m going to say it one more time. hi, meals on wheels. it s time for washington to deal with its spending problem. house speaker john boehner says his unique role in washington, d.c., is to lead the fight against what he calls this nation s out of control spending. it s a noble goal. but just one thing. be mindful your determination to cut government spending does not wound the most vulnerable members of our society. like the elderly. the meals on wheels program which delivers over a million lunches and dinners to the elderly every day is just one vital program now suffering at the hands of sequestration. according to the meals on wheels