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Than a year on the s.n.a.p. program, and i dont understand eric cantor. be willing to take food out of the mouths of hungry children. almost half of the s.n.a.p. recipients are children. are they supposed to go to work? are the mothers of an infant supposed to go to work and by the way there are strict work requirements already built into the program. i tell you, i did the s.n.a.p. program for a week, lived on $4.50 a day. it is not easy to do. i tell you, eric cantor, all of my colleagues who d...

Program. >> its true, the bill being considered in the house of representatives today would save $40 billion. but how would it save that $40 billion? by snatching food out of the hands of millions of neediest children and their families. >> reporter: but would it really? the food stamp program, or snap for supplemental nutrition assistance program, has expanded exponentially since president obama took office, 52% more households on food stamps as of last june than on average in the first year of...

My theory is those who are leading this charge against the food subsidy that keeps our people fed dont have enough contact with actual real americans. what your viewers, as you pointed out, need to know is that more than half of the jobs in the united states pay less than $34,000 a year. one-fourth of them pay less than $25,000. the fact is low wages are not allowing our families to eat. its the s.n.a.p. program allowing low wage workers to feed their families. it seems that the politicians are ...

>> thats the top 2% complaining about the income. >> he is a doctor. children who cant get the nutrition, seniors who cant eat properly, and by the way, 7% of those who are on the s.n.a.p. program are military veterans. this is not healthy for our country. >> how about we support the troops. >> not always. >> looking down the road, is this going to be the republicans shooting themselves in the foot? this is just the war on women and the attack on labor, and now picking on the poor. thats exactly...

47 million people. thats how many americans rely on the supplemental nutrition program, more commonly known as s.n.a.p. in 2012. more than 72% of those recipients are families with children, yet that doesnt seem to faze eric cantor. in july he and his fellow republicans took s.n.a.p. out of the farm bill and the reductions theyre currently working on for the s.n.a.p. program are down right frightening. according to reports a s.n.a.p. proposal cantor is working on would cut the program nearly $40...

Needed. thats one in five americans, congresswoman. and the gop wants to cut and gut food stamps? >> you know, i stood on the house floor, looked over at the republican side of the aisle, and said, you really want to take food out of the mouths of hungry children? is that the gop plan? who are you, that you would want to do that? there is hunger in america. almost half of the people on the food stamp program, on the snap program, are children. others are senior citizens and persons with disabili...

Eight children, overweight, gets by on food stamps and other things all at our expense, so youre looking to demonize a sector of society whos out there trying to survive, cope and make it among the least of these. on the other hand, you dont know who is your neighborhood qualifies for s.n.a.p. >> thats right. >> you dont know if your next door neighbor is paying for those groceries with the s.n.a.p. program because they lost their job two months ago and havent been able to put food on the table....

And make it among the least of these. on the other hand, you dont know who is your neighborhood qualifies for s.n.a.p. >> thats right. >> you dont know if your next door neighbor is paying for those groceries with the s.n.a.p. program because they lost their job two months ago and havent been able to put food on the table. and so i think the face of poverty in this country is changing. 1 in 4 children in this country is living in poverty and at risk of not eating today. and then you certainly ha...

She does not know that contrary to the suggestion of the show, that the s.n.a.p. will not help her lose weight. theres been a link found between the s.n.a.p. program and obesity in women like diana. >> we feel that unconditional effort by the best food stamp president in the history -- >> when the food stamp binge became an issue, the novella series became a news story. it was pulled from circulation. it was admitted that some of the content in the advertisements does not meet the standards of w...

These are facts that are not in dispute. so how is it that this republican aspect of the house can say, what we need to do is to cut $40 billion in food stamps? >> in fact, people do make up their own facts. they say, for example, to justify this $20 billion cut in food stamps and the s.n.a.p. program, they said, well, its being misused and so thats why weve got to impose these conditions, drug testing before people can get food stamps. its not because theres a lot of drug abuse there. i mean, i...