CNN Rich McCormick (R-GA) on school lunch freeze

One of the interviews CNN doesn't repost on YouTube.

>> YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND AND AND LOOK, SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THAT. OKAY, WELL, LOOK, I MEAN THAT IS A VALID GOAL, RIGHT? TO TO SAVE MONEY AND BE MORE EFFICIENT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS RIGHT NOW WITH THIS FREEZE, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS COULD BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, WOULD YOU SUPPORT GETTING RID OF, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL LUNCH FOR VULNERABLE KIDS AND BREAKFAST AND HEAD START, FOR EXAMPLE, AND GETTING RID OF, UM, CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH. DO YOU SUPPORT THAT? AND WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS? I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION, TOO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR AN ANSWER FROM YOU.

>> SURE. SO SO I'M AN E.R. DOC, AND I KNOW THAT PHILANTHROPY IS WHERE YOU GET MOST OF YOUR MONEY FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH, FOR EXAMPLE. AND IT'S NOT JUST CHILD. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE PRESIDENT JUST PROPOSED, A HALF $1 TRILLION SPENDING BILL ON AI TO PRODUCE, UH, CANCER EARLY DETECTION IN THE FIRST STAGE ON MOST BODY PARTS. THAT'S HIS SPENDING BILL, WHERE HE WANTS TO INCREASE CANCER RESEARCH. SO IT'S JUST ABOUT WHAT PART OF THE MONEY IT COMES OUT OF WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES. HEY, I WORKED MY WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I WORKED SINCE I WAS BEFORE I WAS EVEN 13 YEARS OLD. I WAS PICKING BERRIES IN THE FIELD BEFORE WE HAD CHILD LABOR LAWS THAT PRECLUDED THAT. I WAS A PAPER BOY, AND WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WORKED MY ENTIRE WAY THROUGH. YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT KIDS WHO STAY AT HOME, INSTEAD OF GOING TO WORK AT BURGER KING AND MCDONALD'S DURING THE SUMMER, SHOULD STAY AT HOME AND GET THEIR FREE LUNCH INSTEAD OF GOING TO WORK. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A TOP DOWN REVIEW. THINK ABOUT WHERE KIDS NEED TO ACTUALLY BE.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF THE KIDS. SO YOU WOULD SAY ALL THE KIDS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO USE THE FREE LUNCH, FOR EXAMPLE, OR BREAKFAST, THEY'RE ALL JUST SITTING AT HOME AND NOT WORKING. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THAT THIS. GIVES US A CHANCE TO THIS.

>> GIVES US A CHANCE. NO, THIS GIVES US A CHANCE, THOUGH, TO SEE WHERE IS THE MONEY REALLY BEING SPENT, WHO CAN ACTUALLY GO AND ACTUALLY PRODUCE THEIR OWN INCOME, WHO CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM HAVE VALUE AND WORK WORK SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE? I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT THEIR START IN FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS WHEN THEY WERE KIDS VERSUS JUST GIVING A BLANKET RULE THAT GIVES ALL KIDS LUNCHES IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE CAPABLE OF GOING OUT AND ACTUALLY GETTING A JOB AND DOING SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM HAVE VALUE, THINKING ABOUT THEIR FUTURE INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPONGE OFF THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY DON'T NEED TO. WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE VALUE. WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT WHEN WE PENALIZE THEM FOR ACTUALLY WORKING AND ACTUALLY KEEP THEM ON WELFARE. THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN THE INNER CITY PROBLEM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE NEED TO HAVE A TOP DOWN REVIEW SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? AMERICA IS VERY GOOD AT CREATING JOBS AND GIVING PEOPLE WORK. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY TRADITIONALLY GOOD AT THAT, BUT WE'RE LOSING OUR WAY. AND THAT'S WHEN WE GIVE PEOPLE INCENTIVES TO STAY AT HOME AND NOT WORK. THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR AMERICA.

>>BUT A LOT OF THESE KIDS AREN'T EVEN OF WORKING AGE. THEY'RE YOUNG KIDS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, AND THE KIDS IN HEADSTART ARE FIVE AND UNDER.

>> I KNOW.