Sunday, July 21, 2013

Overheard on 'Meet the Press':

Marcia Fudge


"All of this—the food stamp cuts, the sequestration, the cuts in unemployment—they are part of a broader assault on the poor and it is very wrong."

Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus

Eric Cantor

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"You say that like it's a bad thing. We're not mounting a broad assault on the poor. We're just trying to make them go away through starvation and similar unpleasantries."

Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), Majority Leader for the House, whose personal worth is estimated at between $3.4 and $9.4 million, while he earns $193,400 per year in Congress.

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