to those seniors who rely on them. and as one oklahoma man interviewed by a pbs affiliate put it, it forces volunteer agencies to make some awful decisions. willfully, do you want to be the person who says, you, you, you, you and you, no meals today. you, you, you and you, can t get a ride to the doctor. but it s not just meals on wheels. head start cuts are likely to effect up to 70,000 children. in fact, in indiana, they ve had to hold lotteries to determine which students they must remove from their programs. even small business, which republicans claim they represent, stand to lose up to $902 million in loan guarantees. congressman mike rogers of alabama is one of many congressmen just back from recess. and while at home, well, he got an earful from a small businessman about the sequester cuts. if the house of representatives had done more to
40 cell phones, in my district. a television station interviewed one of my constentuent who is said, i pay for one phone and i keep a free one as a backup just in case. so there has been a lot of there have been a lot of problems with this program. but beyond that, i think the issue is, where do we draw the line? it would be great if everybody had an ipad are we going to buy everyone an ipad? i looked deeper and the federal communication commission that s the government said that 41% of the nearly 6 million people who get these phones don t meet the requirements. that s right which is the tune of my assistant figured out, $902 mill yen a year to people who don t qualify. $902 million. we are paying for this. if you wonder wlat lines are on your cell phone of fees and what have you, one line is a
what have you, one of those is a universal service fund. that s where the money comes from to fund this program. greta: all right, now, look, i mean, without even getting to whether it s a good program or a bad program, it s clear the 41% who don t qualify shouldn t be getting a phone. if you get a phone and you re not supposed to have it and you use it, i mean, you re essentially stealing. i mean, or you applied for one and lie on the application, saying you re below the federal poverty level. that s also a crime. sure. greta: we have all of this waste and fraud with $902 million a year and there s no there has been no effort to try to clean this one up. none, what my legislation does, it takes it back to the program s roots where it s landline only. if you re a shut-in and you need a landline, and provided
abuse is throughout this program. so people getting 10, 20, 30, even 40 cell phones in my district, a television station interviewed one of my constituents who said on camera, well, i paid for one phone and i keep a free one as a backup, just in case. and so there s been a lot of there have been a lot of problems with this program, but beyond that, i think the issue is where do we draw the line? it would be great if everybody had an ipad. are we going to buy everyone with ipad. greta: some are worse than others, and i looked deeper and the federal communication commission, that s the government, said that 41% of the nearly 6 million people who get these phones don t meet the requirements. that s right. greta: which is to the tune, my assistant figured out $902 million a year we send to people who don t qualify, 902 million. and if you re wondering what the different lines are on the cell phones, fees and
sector job growth without the stimulus, unemployment was projected to hit 12% in 2010. only three republican lawmakers supported the stimulus. but as the president points out, a whole lot of them enjoyed the benefits. and i know you want these job-creating projects in your district. i ve seen all those ribbon cuttings. by 2010, there were 110 gop lawmakers who lobbied for stimulus money for their home states. all of these lawmakers voted to kill the bill. the stimulus worked. but republicans just can t shake their demand for more cuts in government spending. in fact, republicans are committed to making sure devastating cuts are going to kick in on march 1st. now these cuts are called the government sequester, and it would hit the middle class and the poor the hardest. no doubt about it. 70,000 children will be kicked off headstart education programs. 109 actually, $902 million in