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Speech you gave to the naacp in georgia which they misconstrued and edited in a misleading way, how ironic is it to you, ms. sherrod, you have real silence from the tea party world on the idea of essentially providing welfare to federal farmers because of something this administration did to them with the tariffs? >> that's exactly what it is, it's welfare for people who are well off. you can talk about taking away s.n.a.p. benefits and so forth for the poor, but this is welfare, and no one is thinking of it in that sense. >> why do you suppose that the same people who denounce the s.n.a.p. pr...

Final stretch in congress, so this has sort of complicated that issue. what's going on? >> separate but related. farm bill comes up every five years, usually a couple of hundred billion dollars. mix is always calculated in part to get political support. so you see a lot of subsidies for various types of farmers, ranchers, things of that nature, but also mixed in is the snap program. that's the food stamp program. you have elms thements from the different districts. what happened this year is you had a bill pass in the house entirely with republican support, barely sneaked over the line. i thin...

This later in month to put it in place. make no doubt about it, congress will have their say on some of these items as well. >> i like the hot dog capable. i had no idea they were governed by two agencies. what is the reaction? >> betsy devos gave up the thumbs up. she said this proposal will make the federal government more responsive to the needs faced by american students and schools. she said i urge congress to work with the administration to make this proposal a reality. the dnc has given this a flat-out f. saying in a statement, trump is attempting to play political games with our educat...

Conservative immigration plan first. house leadership is signaling a willingness to hold votes on immigration next month. >> we're working in earnest with our members to try and address all of their concerns about immigration reforms. so those are ongoing conversations. the question is can we get legislation to the floor that has a chance of making it into law. >> on the house floor now lawmakers are debating a five year farm bill extension. it includes work requirements for able-bodied food stamp recipients, those supporting the bill say the work component is a great idea. >> this is about pr...

S.n.a.p. program, supplemental nutrition assistance program. food stamp usage has now expanded from 17 million people in the year 2000 to 41 million people presently. and now that the economy is roaring, and that the unemployment rate is at a two-decade low, they say it's time to impose this work requirement on some recipients. democrats say that this is a heartless requirement. >> this is a bill that is simply mean-spirited and hurts the most vulnerable among us. it cuts s.n.a.p. benefits by $23 billion. if this bill becomes law, millions of people will lose food assistance. some will see the...