Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Wild Theatrics Back in the News

Finally a suitable reaction to the nonsense from Florida's (and Washington's) Queen of Exaggeration, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The Miami Democrat is so, so sad. It's the way those heartless, stubborn Republicans and sequestration are letting her staff starve.

Apparently she complained to a House Appropriations Committee earlier in the week that the combination of cuts over the past two years has robbed Washington's impoverished, six-figure-salaried congressional aides, bless them, of nearly 11 percent of their personal budgets, which average $1.3 million.

She turned heads when she said, for example, that prices of meals in House restaurants are getting so high that aides are being "priced out" of a good meal.

Pardon?

Read this John Hayward story from Human Events. If you've got even the tiniest strain of fiscal conservatism running through your veins, you're going to love it.

Here's some of what Heyward says, via the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard: "At the carry-out cafe in the Cannon Office Building, where Wasserman Schultz has her office, you can get an 8-oz. bowl of Ham and Bean soup for $2. You can buy gourmet sandwiches and wraps for around $5. Both of these are cheaper than I can get at delis down the street from my house.

"Her aides could walk across the street to the Longworth Building, which has a large sit-down cafeteria. Today, it is featuring a roasted stuffed chicken, with asparagus and mashed potatoes, for around $7. Or, one could opt for a heaping 12-oz bowl of Chicken Chili for $3."

What, asks Hayward, if some of these poor, starving staffers think of leaving us and going to work in what's left of the private sector?"

Meanwhile, back to the Appropriations meeting: Wasserman Schultz probably didn't like the response of Louisiana Republican Rodney Alexander, the committee chairman. He shrugged off her killer-budget-cut theatrics, saying that he "made the necessary adjustments" in his office, including axing four aides.