I agree that all able-bodied Americans should be engaged in productive work and not sitting around all day tweeting or filing bankruptcy or watching TV.

But it is misguided for us to think of the collection of SNAP benefits as somehow opposed to work.

Why would someone need SNAP benefits if they're working, and they're playing by the rules, and they're going to work every day?

SNAP is, of course, America's most important antihunger program. It reduces poverty and food insecurity, and improves health and economic outcomes for more than 42 million Americans, especially children.

We are a people that's committed to supporting our families, but we are also a people committed to supporting one another through the ups and downs of the economy.

I think it's wrong that there are people who are working full time who can't support their families without SNAP benefits.

I have always been a champion for the right of people to organize and to have collective bargaining in the workplace.

This is a program that, I think, matters to every Member of Congress. Americans in every single congressional district benefit from SNAP.

How many people lost their jobs after the 2008 mortgage meltdown crisis, which accounted for a large part of the dramatic increase in people on SNAP after President Obama took office?

the Chesapeake Bay, obviously, is a matter of major concern.

I am proud of the impact this will have on the State of Maryland.

I agree we should be doing these reauthorizations every 2 years in order to make sure that the authorizations are contemporary with need.

This was once a habitable island that had gotten down to about five acres. It is now being restored to thousands of acres.

It is certainly bipartisan, and it is focused on clean, safe water for our Nation, advancing water infrastructure for both public health and our economy.

Thank you for your service and thank you for your initiatives to really open up the Library of Congress and the national treasures of the Library of Congress to the American people.

I appreciate your very good work and look forward to working with the Chairman and the Ranking Members and other Members of the subcommittee on the budget request.

Mr. Speaker, due to my attendance at an event off the Capitol Hill campus, I was unable to make rollcall vote No. 166. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: No. 166 ``no'' On Motion to Table.

Mr. Speaker, due to my attendance at an event off the Capitol Hill campus, I was unable to make rollcall votes Nos. 162- 166. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: No. 162 ``no'' H.R. 4 On Agreeing to the…