Thou shalt not steal… wait, not that part.

Via Washington Times:

Democrats angrily denounced a Republican-led effort to strip food stamp funding from the farm bill and vote on SNAP spending separately, with one even suggesting that biblical principles demand lawmakers provide the benefit.

SNAP stands for the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. […]

But Rep. Corrine Brown’s comments ratcheted the rhetoric to hotter levels.

“The Bible says, ‘to whom much is given, much is required.’ This is a sad day in the House of Representatives. Shame on the Republicans. Shame on the House of Representatives,” she said, Breitbart reported.