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Well known in fill lant by -- by investing in health care, food programs and education. >> 104th i think on the forbes richest list, so somebody who's been very successful. but people who were watching this in the newsroom were absolutely stunned that he would say this, and there almost seemed to be like a nervous laughter in the room, don't you think. >> exactly. if you just watch the body language of the men who are on stage with him, they all kind of seem to be shifting away from him. but none of them said, you're wrong, paul, that notes the way it should be. >> lynne says if a woman doesn'...

>> this is money, this is cash families use on many, many occasions to purchase food. how can you -- >> martin, there's eight different food programs. none of this is touching any of them. >> sir, this is money that those families receive. in your state, it's up to $180 a month for a family of three. i am asking you this question. if there is a correlation between a child's academic performance and their food intake, why in god's name would you want to reduce that money by 30% in light of the fact that you want to see an improved academic performance? that makes no sense to any of us. >> no, y...

Middle class. take ryan's budget, it's so severe worth to the lowest level since 1948. 1948. that's literally rolling back the clock. this is the same party that rails about white house tours. but it gnaws automatic budget cuts. well, they should ignore the fact that the u.s. forest service will have to cut 505 firefighters. they should ignore the fact that food programs for seniors are getting cut in georgia. or that the head start programs in indiana are actually using random drawings to decide which low-income students get preschoolers kicked out. >> head start has made a big difference in ...

In 1960, according to the cdc americans spent just 26% of their food budget eating away from home. by 2011, that figure had almost doubled to 49%. food retail and service one of the healthiest growing industries in the country. for the past decade food industry job growth has far outpaced totally sector job growth. yet by any estimate, most of these are not great jobs. food workers use government assistance programs like medicaid and food programs much higher. compared to 19% of the general workforce, over 13% of food service workers receive food stamps compared to just 8% of the workforce. an...

The school nutrition programs and reduce nutrition and food programs for 22 million americans with families. i reminded my colleague, paul ryan, the chairman of the budget committee, of the comment that his running mate made during the election about the 47%, when mitt romney said, you know, the 47% of america was not mitt romney's problem. and what they did today in the house in terms of their cut bill was to make good on mitt romney's promise, that they don't care about that 47%. >> quickly, i have to ask you this. eric cantor could not deliver the right wing tonight for john boehner or did ...