This bill reinstitutes $818 million worth of food stamps that were eliminated in the welfare reform bill. I remind my colleagues that the Senate did not vote on the food stamp provisions in this bill. In addition. the bill. as it was voted on in the House. did not contain these food stamp provisions. Yet. in conference. as part of the ageold logrolling process of putting a bill together to be a grab bag for everybody. a provision was added that provided $818 million worth of food stamps for immigrants. The President was a major supporter of this provision. In fact. yesterday. our distinguished ranking member.
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