Today far too many older Americans do not know where their next meal is coming from, as Senator Collins just outlined.
I strongly urge you to support senior food box programs, food banks, and other programs that help people like me.
These are the hardworking Americans who fought our wars, taught our children, and built the middle class.
The senior food box stretches our groceries and our budget.
Well, I was noting as well that I am not sure I have ever seen a list this long of health challenges for one individual.
I will continue to vocally oppose cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)--we used to call it 'food stamps'--cuts to Me...
What we are facing here in this budget debate... is so extreme that what is a program elimination may not be elimination but will end up bei...
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for advocacy not only for seniors in Maine but across the country on this issue and so many others.
So the food box, it is not just the quantity of the food; it is the healthy impact of it.
The opposition to a lot of these cuts is bipartisan. The bad news is the impact on one senior could be devastating.
To say that is devastating does not begin to describe it.
We must continue to support SNAP, the Senior Farmers' Market, and senior food boxes, and I look forward to this Committee continuing support...
They should not have to struggle in their golden years for something as basic as the security of knowing they will have enough to eat.
Do not just protect but expand our investment in food security and nutrition programs for our Nation's seniors.
In 2014, 10.2 million seniors aged 60 and up faced this terrifying insecurity.
Thank you, Chairman Collins, for holding this hearing and for allowing us to discuss the issue of nutrition among older Americans and food i...
In 2015, there were more than 52,000 deaths from drug overdose in the U.S., with more than 33,000 deaths involving an opioid.
Yes, I want to help, but we need honest data here.
