sequester. remember this washington post headline, cancer clinics are turning away thousands of medicare patients. blame the sequester. huffingen to post listed 100 places across the country where cuts are hurting sacramento schools which will see special education cuts and west virginia program to end poverty. stopped all new projects until september. but this week when frequent f fliers were inconvenienced that got congress moving with lightning legislative speed. the senate, then the house passed a bill that would ease flight delays by putting furloughed air traffic controllers back to work. today on the house floor, maryland s steny hoyer was outraged. while i was to end these delays for passengers in maryland, across the country, i will oppose this bill because it fails to address the whole impact of sequester. let me share just a handful of examples of how the sequester will affect americans. education. head start. 70,000 children will be kicked out of head start.
let me share just a handful of examples of how the sequester will affect americans. education. head start. 70,000 children will be kicked out of head start. nothing in this bill deals with them. 4 million fewer meals on wheels for seniors. 600,000 people dropped off wic. nothing there for them. unemployment insurance, emergency unemployment insurance cut 11% for 2 million out of work americans. nothing in here for them. joining me right now is managing editor of the grio joy reid and huffington post sam stein who fired off this tweet on this issue. head start kids should start complaining about the long tarmac delays they re dealing with. let me go back to joy then to sam. joy, it seems to me republicans and democrats are not partisan when it comes to 30,000 feet. once you re up that high, everything s cool.