U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-3, chats Monday with Ansonia resident and Meals on Wheels recipient Ed Krystopik at his home.
On Monday I was among several media folks who spent some time following U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro to three Ansonia residences and to Seymour Housing Authority's Callahan House.
DeLauro rode along with TEAM, Inc.'s Ron Boucher, who delivers Meals on Wheels to Valley senior citizens.
The visits were arranged so that DeLauro could see firsthand the effect that possible cuts to the federally-funded Meals on Wheels and nutrition programs would have on the elderly.
I can still recall my elderly grandparents benefitting from a similar program in New York State back in the 1970s.
They looked forward to the driver's daily visit and appreciated getting a hot meal when my grandmother could no longer cook for the two of them.
Although government "waste, fraud, and abuse" is the mantra of the day, spending federal dollars on nutrition programs for the home-bound and elderly would certainly seem justified.
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