House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has a question for House Republicans on the farm bill: “What are you thinking? Or are you thinking?”
Pelosi entered the debate on the House floor on Thursday with very passionate feelings about poverty in America. She aimed her scorn at members of the GOP, who are trying to split the farm bill from food stamps with their new proposed legislation.
“You are taking food out of the mouths of your own poor constituents,” Pelosi accused.
But the House Minority Leader didn’t stop there, growing increasingly impassioned as she continued her speech.
“Poverty in America,” she exclaimed. “Poverty. I’m saying the word on the floor of the House – poverty! Poverty! Poverty! Poverty! Poverty in America, seems to be a word that people get nervous about.”
Pelosi was absolutely outraged at the Republicans decision to split the bill, slamming them for their decision.
“The audacity to split off the nutrition parts of this bill is so stunning,” Pelosi said. “It would be shocking, except this is the House of shocks. I would say it’s one of the worst things you’ve done, but there’s such stiff competition for that honor that I can’t really, fully say that.”
She accused Republicans of dishonoring “the God who made us” by failing to take care of the less fortunate.
“There’s nobody — there’s nobody outside this body who supports this bill who cares about the values that we all profess to have within these walls,” she proclaimed, before telling members of the House to vote no on the bill.
President Obama has already threatened to veto the legislation.
