The rest of the year was drafted by campaign staffers. In short, washington democrats are just not serious about helping the middle class. That helps explain why they would even consider legislation that we all know could cost up to a million jobs at a time when americans need those jobs more than ever. It helps explain why satisfying their leftwing patrons has become a more urgent priority than helping to create the kind of wellpaying middleclass jobs our country needs. Well, i think our constituents deserve a lot better than what weve been getting this year from democrats who control the senate. They are already struggling under the weight of washington democrats last ideological adventure obamacare. Washington democrats promised the sun and the moon to sell that law and then just rammed it through anyway when americans refused to buy what they were selling. Washington democrats told us obamacare would lower costs, but polls show that nearly twice as many people believe the governmen
To note that. Finally let me say on our i didnt touch on our other nutrition programs among the 15, we know unfortunately theyre needed more than ever now than. They didnt exist during the last depression. These programs are really important. They are important that they are responsive as well. Responsive not only in terms of individual need but whats going on in the American Economy. And i mention that very importantly as it pertains to the s. N. A. P. Program. S. N. A. P. Had a Significant Growth during this recession, extended recession. Both because the number of people who qualify, who were citizens or legal u. S. Residents under certain incomes grew by millions but also states took action, 40 something states in particular, made special efforts to really simplify access for eligible consumers in their respective states. It went up because of what was going on in the American Economy. Had it been block granted as some proposed more recently it would have been basically unable to r