This bill. among other things. would cut food stamps by $34 billion. substantially cut payments to 500.000 needy families with seriously handicapped kids. weaken even further than the Senate bill. State maintenance of effort provisions. thereby reducing the likelihood of moving people into productive work. It would prohibit payments to even very elderly. needy legal immigrants and school lunches to kids of such immigrants. and leave working families out in the cold in times of recession. It is time to work on a bipartisan basis. House Democrats showed their commitment to welfare reform when we voted unanimously for a bill that was strong in getting people off of welfare into work. with clear time limits for people to do so without punishing their children.
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