Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) suggested kids who participate in school lunch programs “sponge off the government.” “How many people got their start in fast food restaurants when they were kids?” McCormick told CNN’s Pamela Brown.

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick suggested during a CNN interview that kids get jobs, including at fast food restaurants, to pay for school lunches.

Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.

Rep. Rich McCormick is receiving backlash for his comments regarding the White House’s decision to freeze federal aid for school lunch programs, suggesting that some kids ought to be out there working instead of relying on free meals.