Kennedy Faces Insufferable Congressmen
I think the following image from yesterday’s hearing of the House Appropriations Committee—where HHS Secretary Kennedy was questioned about his budget cuts— is worth a thousand words.
It’s long been observed that “clothes make the man” (or woman) in the sense that one’s choices for producing an outward appearance are an expression of one’s judgement about what is fitting and appropriate.
I know that New Haven isn’t exactly a fashionable place, but her outfit and coiffure are suitable for a 13-year-old girl going through a Cyndi Lauper phase, and not an 82-year-old Congresswoman.
The Committee understands the NIH has been running a taxpayer money-sucking racket for disbursing hundreds of billions to all manner of beneficiaries and interest groups that have little to do with promoting public health.
These assorted crooks are upset about Kennedy shutting off the spigot, so they’ve sicced the sartorial horror show, Rep. DeLauro, on the unfortunate Secretary. As I write the above sentence, I think it would work better in verse:
The assorted crooks are super upset,
About Secretary Kennedy shutting off the spi
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