They ripped food from the mouths of children, seniors, veterans, women and families in order to provide massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors. It's completely and totally unacceptable. And on top of that, Now they are threatening to withhold funding that the Trump administration has in a contingency fund in ways that will deprive everyday, hard working American taxpayers of the nutritional assistance that they need to put food on the table. It's now my honor to yield to the top Democrat on the Appropriations committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. Thank you. (02:38–03:04)
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