Editing Jesse Helms (section)

===Food stamp program===
An opponent of the [[Food Stamp Program]], Helms had already voted to reduce its scope,<ref>{{cite news |title=Senate Approves Agriculture Funds |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 27, 1980 |page=18 }}</ref> and was determined to follow this through as Agriculture Committee chairman.<ref name="Thunder from the Right">{{cite news |first=Peter Ross |last=Range |title=Thunder from the Right |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 8, 1981 |page=SM6 }}</ref> At one point, he proposed a 40% cut in their funding.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jean |last=Mayer |author-link=Jean Mayer |author2=Schlossberg, Kenneth |title=Tighten Food Stamps, But Don't Deprive the Needy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/07/opinion/tighten-food-stamps-but-don-t-deprive-the-needy.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 7, 1981 |page=21 |access-date=July 9, 2009}}</ref> Instead, Helms supported the replacement of food stamps with [[workfare]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Steven V. |last=Robert |author-link=Steven V. Roberts |title=Testing 'Workfare' in South Carolina: Food Stamp Users Find Mixed Results |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1981 |page=16 }}</ref>