“Recently, one of the largest poultry producers in America–Pilgrims Pride, just a few miles outside of my Congressional District–had to declare Chapter 11. Maybe we should have a ‘Cash for Cluckers’ program and pay people to eat chicken?Then after that we can have a program to pay people to buy TVs and then a program to pay people to buy lumber. “ -- U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, criticizing the Cash for Clunkers program, July, 2009
What this idiot doesn’t realize is that it’s not just about helping an industry or people; it’s also going to reduce emissions and reduce gasoline consumption. Fuckin’ moron.
Here's the video.
Voting record, as reported by OnTheIssues.org
