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Needed. that's 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 disabilities and those who have been laid off and just need a bridge over troubled waters. and that's what ...

Eight children, overweight, gets by on food stamps and other things all at our expense, so you're looking to demonize a sector of society who's out there trying to survive, cope and make it among the least of these. on the other hand, you don't know who is your neighborhood qualifies for s.n.a.p. >> that's right. >> you don't 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 haven't 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 count...

And make it among the least of these. on the other hand, you don't know who is your neighborhood qualifies for s.n.a.p. >> that's right. >> you don't 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 haven't 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 have to understand these are more than black and brown people and these are more than just the per...

She does not know that contrary to the suggestion of the show, that the s.n.a.p. will not help her lose weight. there's 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 what i consider to be appropriate out onreach. but it turns out that hispanics

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, it's being misused and so that's why we've got to impose these conditions, drug testing before people can get food stamps. it's not because there's a lot of drug abuse there. i mean, i don't hear them suggesting that we require drug testing for farmers to get crop insurance. or ...