In a clip played on CNN's Inside Politics Sunday, a woman says "Susie" told her "we need money for the midterms" and blocked a food safety initiative on sugar in children's diets. Asked if it reeks of corruption, Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman says people see "a perception of enrichment, not just in the White House, but in Washington, D.C." and that Republicans "should not be participating in this at all."
The receipt
- Who
- Marlin Stutzman
- Where
- interview - CNN State of the Union
- Original footage
- CNN · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 53 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Susie said to me many times, we need money for the midterms, Callie. We need money for the midterms. We were going to do a big initiative on basic food safety, asking whether the amount of sugar in a children's diet was appropriate. And that's where Susie told me, we can't do that. I need the sugar in some money. Congressman, this was an election where voters spoke pretty loudly about the issue of corruption in Washington. Does this wreak of corruption to you? It definitely, there's frustration around that. And I do hear, in fact, I saw that interview. We have to rise above any sort of perception. And that is, I hear the people saying there is a perception of enrichment, not just in the White House, but in Washington, D .C. And that's where Republicans, I know this is done on the Democrat side. We should not be participating in this at all. That's not what that role is for.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.