It is important that policymakers avoid a top down bureaucratic approach on this issue, which may be too heavy handed or slow to respond.
We should have some opportunities to do that. Nor did we hear about how to better coordinate our 80+ different programs.
I see that this is presenting a dramatic and continuing impact on SNAP beneficiaries.
Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I appreciate everybody calling in today. I appreciate our panelists. I thank the Madam Chairwoman for taking th...
We have to do more than just help folks--we have to do more to help folks navigate out of poverty.
We know people do want to work. But, yet every one of our witnesses here... talked about that there is a real negative impact of the cliff e...
That is not what we want to do. We have to do something better.
Our decisions and approaches must reflect a multigenerational approach, but we are long past trying and testing siloed programming.
I am not convinced that broad-based categorical inclusion is the right way to go.
Many people have, but we had two witnesses that were your guests that did say they had problems getting out.
I think we are on to something. And I appreciate that.
It undermines the confidence that our constituents have when they see and hear when this happens.
Increasing benefits or expanding eligibility in one program here does nothing to solve the more egregious cliff effects across housing, chil...
They are now clearly keeping employable individuals idle and it reaps, in my view, significant negative impacts on families.
I make this point that there is work to be done to reengage families in the workforce.
Frankly, it means if you can navigate your way on to enough benefits, it doesn't matter whether or how much you work.
if you do not have a safe, affordable, stable place to live then nothing else in your life works.
I am concerned with price discovery, and I am concerned with market transparency.
