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House panel cuts food stamp funds
Plan would take aid away from 300,000 people
By Libby Quaid, Associated Press  |  October 29, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The House Agriculture Committee approved budget reductions yesterday that would take food stamps away from an estimated 300,000 people and could cut off school lunches and breakfasts for 40,000 children.

The cuts were approved as the government reported that the number of people who are hungry because they cannot afford to buy enough food rose to 38.2 million in 2004, an increase of 7 million in five years. The number represents nearly 12 percent of US households.

''If there are cuts to be made, why should we make them on food stamps?" said Representative David Scott, Democrat of Georgia. ''This is the meanest cut of all."

The cuts, approved by the Republican-controlled committee on a party-line vote, are part of an effort by the House GOP to curb federal spending by $50 billion. The food and agriculture cuts would reduce spending by $3.7 billion, including $844 million on nutrition, $760 million on conservation, and $212 million on payments to farmers.