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We can fix the system because we already put the pieces in place by electing a Congress that can pass HR-1, SR-1, and HR-4, the For the People Act, and the voting rights -- the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act that together will…
I understand why people may feel adrift because the hope was that the 2020 election and the absolute debunking of the lie of voter fraud would have solved the problem.
I believe that we need to offer a narrowly tailored version of the filibuster that is grounded in the constitutional principle that there are certain responsibilities that only Congress can meet.
We urge you to support policy that advances pioneering technology breakthroughs.
It is unthinkable that we have over one million of our veterans going hungry.
I am extremely concerned about all of our small farmers out there, the lack of the margins.
Starving farmers can't help feed hungry people.
If we work together as Democrats and Republicans, we will find the real solution to hunger in our great nation.
There is no reason in the world why we--anyone in this country should go hungry.
We need to go directly there and work backwards and see how is the most efficient way to make sure they don't go to bed hungry.
I am particularly interested in the active-duty military people who are usually low-grade, non-commissioned officers who have families.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is our responsibility. This is our charge this morning, and we are going to need help and also, we are going to need the almighty hand of God to help lead us together as Democrats and Republicans to solve this…
This is why I have said over and over that this hearing is perhaps our most critical, because folks, as you well know, we can do without a lot of things, but we cannot survive without food.
We are, indeed, the greatest country in the world.
There is no Committee up here that is more highly regarded to deal with the issue of hunger and food security than our House Agriculture Committee.
We have, ladies and gentlemen, an extraordinary crisis on our hands confronting our nation, and that is a hunger crisis.
It rings sometimes a little hollow to me when I did not hear the same speech when the Republicans did their tax giveaway of about $1.9 trillion to the wealthiest Americans.