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sully16 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:28:46 GMT

She's pathetic

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emilyg — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:51:28 GMT

I could live like a queen on what her staffers make.

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JAP69 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:44:18 GMT

____________________________________<br />Sgt Schultz has got to be kidding at those prices. That is about the basic price of the food let alone the cost of preparation and overhead cost of the cafeteria. Nice to have your meals subsidized by the government.

Original Blog Entry: Can you believe this?

emilyg — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:27:29 GMT

Automatic federal cuts are bringing staffers to the brink of starvation, suggested Debbie Wasserman Schultz, at a recent House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

Restaurants on the House side of Congress are increasing in cost so much that aides are being priced out of a good meal, she said, as Fox News reported. The comments came by way of a discussion about the impacts of the sequester on lawmakers' office budgets. Rep. Jim Moran said he may be forced to lay off a staffer and then Ms. Wasserman Schultz weighed in with her tale of hard times.

Just to clarify: An 8-ounce bowl of Ham and Bean soup at the Cannon Office Building's carry-out caf costs $2. A gourmet wrap or sliced bread sandwich sells for about $5. And in the Longworth Building's sit-down cafeteria, a serving of stuffed chicken, asparagus and mashed potatoes sells for about $7, Fox News finds.

Meanwhile, Ms. Wasserman Schultz's staffers earn between $60,000 and $160,000 per year, Fox News reports

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/22/debbie-wasserman-schultz-sequester-nearly-starving/#ixzz2ONNwROPT

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