WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on Senate leadership to do another reconciliation bill to address the widespread welfare fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere throughout the United States in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
"In our country, I've said this before, if you're hungry, we'll feed you. If you're homeless, we'll house you. If you're too poor to be sick, we'll pay for your doctor. Other countries let their fellow citizens die in a ditch. We don't do that in America. The American people have stepped up to the plate.
"So, when people steal this money, this $1 trillion-plus a year that we spend helping our neighbors, whe...