The average benefit is about $1.40 per person, per meal, per day.
we ought to be moving this discussion at some point toward how we boost the overall SNAP benefit.
I have been to a SNAP-Ed class, and I learned about issues about what constitutes an appropriate portion.
I like your statement about pay the farmer or pay the doctor.
I sympathize with the goal of making healthier foods more available to people, and helping people make better choices in...
Thank you. That is a very powerful argument against block granting.
But I also have concerns with proposals that would limit the ability of smaller format retailers to participate in the S...
there is an obligation on the Social Security Administration to help low-income seniors apply for SNAP at Social Securit...
I realize that there are concerns regarding proprietary information related to SBIR, STTR programs, particularly when th...
It is important that we encourage entrepreneurship among these disadvantaged groups.
Where traditional metrics, such as how many jobs are created, revenues created, or companies created, are not applicable...
I have seen firsthand how this program has worked in the Boston area.
The Office of Investment and Innovation performs a number of critical missions that help small businesses flourish.
the benefit itself is woefully inadequate, $1.40 per person, per meal, per day.
What the hell else do we want them to do?
The notion that we are going to impose more requirements, more hoops for people to jump through... is cruel.
If we have any function in this Congress, it ought to be to making sure that the least among us are not forgotten.
But if that is where all of this is going, that is bad news for poor people, and it is bad news for the vulnerable popul...
