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You all may be interested in pursuing. >> so hes got his agenda. he wants to just deal with that. youre on the ground. any one knows you, knows youre a mayor on the ground. people need mayors on the ground, not just these political games and posturing. >> heres what i know. the governor of kentucky is doing the right thing. he actually is a democrat that shows that leadership is vital, and covering your folks matters more than small-ball politics. i also know this. in the city of atlanta, grady ...

>> if medicaid is the thing a that at this point we know would massively expand who is covering it, saying medicaid is broken, what is the key solution to that? >> i support giving them private insurance through the exchanges. what the arkansas model is doing is one way, its not perfect but giving people private coverage reimburses. that would give them access to primary care. >> doesnt that keep health care -- >> not necessarily. there are a lot of ways that are dysfunctional and structural. if...

Can waive it under circumstances. its unfortunate to put a law on folks who are trying. 90% who receive s.n.a.p., senior citizens, people with disabilities, children or those people actually in the workforce. they are actually working a full or part-time job, they just simply are having a hard time making ends meet. when we talk about work requirements were not talking about the vast majority of folks receiving s.n.a.p. and honestly need s.n.a.p. in order to survive. >> mr. secretary that seems ...

S.n.a.p., food stamp benefits, actually are working. theyre part of the working poor. theyre making $7 to $8 an hour, mind you. >> on an average, according to cbo, $8,800 a year. that certainly is below the poverty line. what are people telling about how theyre working and trying to balance this objective, just to feed their family? >> yeah, i spoke to one person who actually works at a food pantry and is also a regular customer of the food pantry. people are really struggling. there is a miscon...

Nearly $40 billion more from the program over next 10 years. california congresswoman barbara lee explained the dire situation theyre facing. >> the majority of people on s.n.a.p. food stamp benefits, actually are working. theyre part of the working poor. making $7 to $8 an hour mind you. so until we create jobs, real jobs and pass some of the presidents jobs bills and create workforce training opportunities for people, people need that bridge over troubled waters. >> so now why arent house repu...

Over the next ten years. democrats are outraged. >> so what these guys are doing are really going to war against seniors, against the kids, against working families who are trying to get buy on $9, $10 an hour. >> its a disgrace that in the 21st century we would be cutting these types of programs. >> first of all, this is a moral disgrace. this is not the american way. people deserve to eat. many people go through challenges in their lives. the majority of people on snap, food stamp benefits, ac...

The reforms made by this bill will put people on the path to self sufficiency and independence. >> what do you say to them, congresswoman? >> theyre living in a dream world and theyre putting americans, hard-working americans in a nightmare. i looked at the statistics in my district alone. 70% of the people getting food stamps are working people. its the working poor. they have children in their household, one, two, three, four. their grandmothers are taking care of the children of their childre...

New jersey budget. crystal, controversy of the day in washington is president obama said, you could keep your health insurance approximately sees. turns out i cant keep mine. well, you know, he didnt say -- i can prevent your insurance scum pan from -- company from taking it away from you. here is christie with variations on his campaign language and what he actually did. >> absolutely. what see with chris christie is magical republican thinking, his budgets and how rhetoric matches up with real...

The states bond rating is among the worst in the country. mr. christies budget for 2014, at just shy of 33 billion will reach the second highest amount in state history and more than governor corzines last two years in office. christies opponent highlighted these failures during a debate last week. >> this is a governor balanced his budget by raising property taxes, cruelest tax of all without asking millionaires to pay a penny more. a governor raised taxes on the working poor and vetoed the min...

The millions of americans which a good number of them happen to be children and the working poor. what do you say to them tomorrow? >> what i say to them is, first of all, its a moral disgrace. this is not the american way. people deserve to eat. many people go through challenges in their lives. the majority of people on food stamp benefits actually are working. theyre part of the working poor. theyre making $7 to $8 an hour, mind you, and so until we create job, real jobs and pass some of the p...