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For several years on the subcommittee, Passman clashed with Congressman Walter Judd, a [[Minnesota]] Republican and a former medical missionary to [[China]], who was frequently the point-man to argue for expanded foreign aid to needy countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,811186,00.html|title=The Congress: The Rivals|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=August 10, 1959|accessdate=January 8, 2020}}</ref> Judd had even been considered for the vice presidency by Richard Nixon in 1960. Passman also disliked the [[Peace Corps]], which was championed by President Kennedy. Passman's critics, mostly within his own party, claimed that the Monroe Democrat was trying to "bleed" the Peace Corps of sufficient appropriations to make the program work. Passman said at the time, "If I had three minutes left to live, I'd kill the Peace Corps."<ref name=''Louisiana History,'' p. 336.</ref> President Johnson, who inadvertently displayed his lack of knowledge of Louisiana geography, lambasted Passman as "a cave man, a goddamned Cajun from the hills of Louisiana."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitehousetapes.net/|title=Lyndon B. Johnson presidential tapes|publisher=whitehousetapes.net|accessdate=June 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>''Louisiana History,'' pp. 336-337.</ref>
For several years on the subcommittee, Passman clashed with Congressman Walter Judd, a [[Minnesota]] Republican and a former medical missionary to [[China]], who was frequently the point-man to argue for expanded foreign aid to needy countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,811186,00.html|title=The Congress: The Rivals|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=August 10, 1959|accessdate=January 8, 2020}}</ref> Judd had even been considered for the vice presidency by Richard Nixon in 1960. Passman also disliked the [[Peace Corps]], which was championed by President Kennedy. Passman's critics, mostly within his own party, claimed that the Monroe Democrat was trying to "bleed" the Peace Corps of sufficient appropriations to make the program work. Passman said at the time, "If I had three minutes left to live, I'd kill the Peace Corps."<ref name=''Louisiana History,'' p. 336.</ref> President Johnson, who inadvertently displayed his lack of knowledge of Louisiana geography, lambasted Passman as "a cave man, a goddamned Cajun from the hills of Louisiana."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitehousetapes.net/|title=Lyndon B. Johnson presidential tapes|publisher=whitehousetapes.net|accessdate=June 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>''Louisiana History,'' pp. 336-337.</ref>
An intraparty critic, Representative Jack Brooks, from [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], [[Texas]], noted that Passman succeeded in cutting foreign aid by some 25 percent during the early 1960s.<ref>
An intraparty critic, Representative Jack Brooks, from [[Beaumont]], [[Texas]], noted that Passman succeeded in cutting foreign aid by some 25 percent during the early 1960s.<ref>
''Louisiana History,'' p. 336.</ref>
==Segregationist in his time==
==Segregationist in his time==