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The elderly and the children. and our job has got to be to expose what right wing extremism is which 85% of the american people disagree with and put these people on the defensive. you are right. at a time when the richest people in this country are becoming richer and the middle class is disappearing, it is beyond shameful to cut food programs, nutrition programs for people in need. to allow people in this country to go hungry. >> it's shameful. it is shameful. but now it goes to the senate to you and your colleagues. the senate is not going to let them get away with this, are they? >> not if...

Disabilities, senior citizens. when these guys say they're not cutting nutrition programs for senior citizens, that's an absolute lie. as a result of sequestration, one of the cuts has been that the meals on wheels program -- you know what that is. that's the program that delivers food to the most vulnerable people in america, thousands of those people are off the program. we continue sequestration, more will be. look. what this is about is right wing extremism. and their job is to protect the wealthy and the powerful at the expense of working families and low income people. and the greed and ...

Receive food stamps have kids. many of them are working families and many others are senior citizens. those are the people who get food stamps. and we have to decide in this country, at a time when we're seeing outrageous wealth and income inequality. rich people doing fence phenome well. are we going to make sure nobody in this country goes hungry or are we going to do as the republicans want, make massive cuts in food stamp programs, nutrition programs for seniors and other programs. and i think the answer is pretty obvious. the american people understand that in this great country, people s...

More amenable to you so that you don't lose the money you think you're going to lose. once that relationship has been created and established is this the administration turning back around and saying, we scratch your back, you scratch ours. >> it's one more thing. we need our help on one more thing. i think it's well done, martha, that is ha good connecting of the dots here. i would raise one other point. i am infuriated by all the programs we have in government right now which are essentially outreach programs, that's what they call them to get people to enroll and for government programs. wh...

Advocates have been urging congress and president obama to find a way to protect vital programs for low-income families. >> they will be facing a lack of child care, they will be facing cuts to nutrition programs, they will be facing cuts to positive early learning experiences. in the short run it affects their long term development. >> reporter: the white house means 4 million fewer meals for seniors. 600,000 women and children could be dropped from the nutrition assistance program. and more than 100,000 could be removed from shelters including military veterans. and while some have accused t...