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>> yeah. how do you see both sides of the aisle trying to negotiate on a farm bill considering such a huge $35 billion gap between how much the house and senate want to cut from the food stamp program? >> one of the questions that has to be answered here in the budget is whether whether or not were going to have additional revenue. the republicans keep insisting there can be no revenue. now, if they do that, that means the s.n.a.p. program will be cut but it also means health research will be cu...

>> this is our principal food assistance program. people relied on it for a very long time. it was always part of a farm bill where agricultural subsidies were provided. at the same time, we ensured people would not go hungry. the real tragedy is the republican proposal that came out of the house. they made the farm subsidies more generous at the same time they cut $40 billion in the snap program. you know, this is money that helps stimulate the economy in addition to feeding people. folks to th...

For some of the program cuts. president obama borrowed money from s.n.a.p. to pay for a portion of the first ladys anti-obesity campaign and he was perhaps naively counting on congress to refund the money he took away. cnns rosa flores has more. >> reporter: it sounded like a great idea when it was launched. a program aimed in part at making school lunches healthier. >> were determined to finally take on one of the most serious threats to their future and thats the epidemic of childhood obesity....

Very real people. and another thing, if you are going to shut down the government, that means you are not investing in new jobs in this country. the number one way to decades the deficit in this country are put people back to work. you have more tax paying citizens and you can expand what people are able to do in their daily lives. so i think the republicans are attacking this from the wrong end of the problem. what they ought to be doing is about investing in the american people. for instance, ...

Need. so yes, governor kasich, there is a war on the poor. now its time to join the fight against it. its time for your colleagues to wake up. joining me now is congresswoman barbara lee, democrat from california. thank you for coming on the show. >> very happy to be with you, reverend al. >> governor kasich calling out republicans for demonizing the poor. are some republicans starting to wake up to reality? >> i think this is a very good sign, because i always say that republicans have low inco...

Implication, then you talk about the states that this is in. 20% of this millions of population are in states like texas and florida. >> louisiana. >> big states in which if youve got huge numbers of people without care, where are they going to go? theyre going to go to our emergency rooms, to free clinics, but we dont have as many as we used to. >> mod cade is something familiar to people, so expanding that is different than other pars of the aca. saying lets to more of what you know. >> and wh...

Of ill now. >> good to be with you. >> have we learned any lessons, has washington learned any lessons? have the republicans gotten out of this deep, dark cave and realizing people are kind of watching what were doing? >> its not just the rest of the world. i think most americans, as you pointed out, ed, in the polls most people want to have health care, they want obama care, they dont want it to be repealed, they want it to be fixed. most people are against cuts in medicare and social security ...

America. we heard, we have all this money for stadiums and tax cuts for the rich, we have enough money f for meals. and we can cut these cuts in the s.n.a.p. program. half those benefits go to children. whatever theyre describing it as, the truth is, its a massive cut to working families and kids. >> hold for me one moment. were going to stay on this issue. but you have a student back there with you. >> i do. i have tamara has a fantastic question. >> what do you do if someone in your school is ...

Government is and what the workers who work for the federal government do ive ever heard. that is an insult to anyone in public service and it certainly insults the american people. im just astounded. and i would hope thats a minority view on the republican side of the aisle. >> but it is part of, i mean, part of the broader context of this whole shutdown, of course, is the idea that coming from the right, the federal government is bloated, that it needs to be cut, that it actually is kind of a ...

Im just astounded. and i would hope thats a minority view on the republican side of the aisle. >> but it is part of, i mean, part of the broader context of this whole shutdown, of course, is the idea that coming from the right, the federal government is bloated, that it needs to be cut, that it actually is kind of a drain on americans liberty and freedom, and actually maybe people will like having the federal government shut down. >> well, i guess theyre betting on that. but this is a cut the go...