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Boner defended his party against Roman Catholic bishops
The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday defended his party's proposed deficit-c u tting federal budget plan against complaints by Roman Catholic bishops that it would hurt the poor and violate certain "moral criteria."
"...if we don't make decisions (to slash spending), these programs won't exist, and then they will really have something to worry about..."
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/boehner-bishops-poor-deficit/2012/04/18/id/436367