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 café 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.
UPDATE
Wasserman Schultz travels with Obama to Israel
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is accompanying President Obama on his trip to the Middle East to help strengthen his bond with Israel.
Having a prominent Jewish member of Congress on board could help dispel doubts about the president’s support for Israel, a subject of criticism in his re-election campaign.
The pot calling the kettle ......................
Some more on the poor gal ..........
Subsequent reviews of Wasserman Schultz’ congressional financial disclosures revealed a not widely known fact that she owns a second home in New Hampshire and is also not required to disclose her husband’s salary, which could very easily put her family among the top 1% of income earners in the country. In addition, the Shark Tank recently reported that the Congresswoman splurged on a one-week luxury cruise ship vacation that cost tens of thousands of dollars- hardly an expenditure that ‘middle-class’ Americans can avail themselves of.
According to those financial disclosure forms, Mr. and Mrs. Schultz of Weston, Florida have seen their assets almost double since she was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2005. When comparing Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s 2005 disclosure form with her 2011 form, the only other salary she drew besides her congressional salary was $26,320 she received from the Democrat National Committee.
I wonder if she had to payer her own way with the president?
