Rep Rich McCormick (R-Ga) recommended youngsters that take part in institution lunch programs “sponge off the government.”
“How many people got their start in fast food restaurants when they were kids?” McCormick told CNN’s Pamela Brown. “Versus just giving a blanket rule that gives all kids lunches in high school, who are capable of going out and actually getting a job and doing something that actually makes them have value.”
McCormick, that talked with CNN on Tuesday from Doral, Florida, was asked if he sustains President Donald Trump’s freeze on all government gives, consisting of childhood years cancer cells research study, institution lunch programs, and Head Start, a government financed program that gives preschool for low-income kids.
“When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school,” McCormick stated. “I don’t know about you, but I worked before I was even 13 years old. I was picking berries in the field before child labor laws that precluded that.”
When Brown pressed back, he stated “of course” not all kids have the ability to function or of functioning age. But he stated the freeze “gives us a chance” to see “where the money is really being spent,” including that there requires to be a “top-down review” of government investing, consisting of institution lunches.
McCormick likewise rotated on Brown’s factor that Trump has paused federal grants for childhood years cancer cells research study, explaining that Trump proposed a $500 billion project on AI, which can assist discover cancer cells.
