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Kirsten Gillibrand Fires Back At Jeff Sessions' Food Stamp Argument

By Mollie Reilly

06/14/2012

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y) fired back at a Republican colleague's attack on her effort to stop cuts to food stamps, dismissing Sen. Jeff Sessions' (R-Ala.) suggestion that her defense of the program was immoral.

During an interview with MSNBC's Al Sharpton on Thursday evening, Gillibrand evoked the Bible while discussing what she sees as a "fascinating" debate.

"In Matthew 25, the first question Christ asks on Judgement Day is, 'Did you feed the poor?'" Gillibrand said, referring to the first book of the New Testament. "It's unacceptable that we have Republican advocates who are saying it's immoral to support food stamps."... 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/14/kirsten-gillibrand-jeff-sessions-food-stamps_n_1598631.html

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