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About on break, long form article in the "post" about attempting to address childhood hunger. this is not a foreign problem. this is a problem in american cities. >> one in four kids in this country is somehow dependent on the government to eat, whether through free reduced breakfast and lunch at schools or snap program. >> or wick. >> when school is out in the summer, there becomes a problem of getting nutrition to kids. this is an amazing piece in the "washington post" about a bus going through rural appalachia for kids who weren't able to get to school to get the meal for kids. we saw welfa...

Of food through the snap program but the farm bill covers so much more, especially when you get in the rural area. that's housing. there are jobs. all of that is included in the farm bill. when you take that away. then the help for small farmers. when you talk about subsidy, the big farmers have gotten big money but the little money that the small farmer gets can mean a difference in whether they can pay their taxes and stay on the farm or whether they lose the farm or not. >> a delay makes a difference. going out like this could make a difference. >> it does. it really hurts small farmers. th...

Will try to rally support for the farm bill. the bill failed last month thanks to conservatives who thought the bill's $21 billion in cuts to the so-called food stamp program were not severe enough. this time there are reports that house majority leader eric cantor may try to split the food stamp program known as snap from the farm provisions of the bill in order to pick up more conservative votes. that may actually be good news for families who rely on food stamps because money has been apportioned to the snap program and will continue at current levels if congress fails to act. all right. mi...

Have. the snap program and others and electronic benefit transfer cards and there is no means testing. look, we have a government that is using taxpayer dollars to solicit people to go on the programs. >> thank you for joining us this week. >> coming up, the white house tour still cancelled and i hope the president is listening before he heads on the next trip. over pie charts all day. i want to travel, and i want the income to do it. ishares incomes etfs. low cost and diversified. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. ca...

That lulls able-bodied people into lives of dependency and complacency. that drains them of their will and their incentive to make the most of their lives." that's what this battle really felt like this week. not about farmers. and not about whether or not we should help people who need food programs. >> exactly. it was a continuation of the war on the poor and the 47%. you know, however you want to look at it. seems like republicans in congress have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the s.n.a.p. program does and the people who are on it and the fact that they don't stay on it forever, as...