To put it in perspective, I have a FAQ sheet here from Bread for the World, these are 2013 figures so it is probably a l...
Nobody here is arguing that we should cut SNAP, am I correct?
Everybody likes to get up and talk about how wonderful all you guys are, but then, what we have seen over the last few y...
The SNAP benefit is too low.
If we want to talk about a reform, we ought to be talking about a benefit that actually meets the need.
The fact of the matter is we are not meeting the need because the government, in my opinion, is not adequately investing...
They urge us not to cut SNAP, not to block grant SNAP. In fact, they urged us to strengthen the program by making it eas...
The only way to solve that problem is by increasing wages.
Congress has been so focused on trying to demonize the program and finding some fault with the program.
SNAP is something that is working. Time and time again we have heard from witnesses, both Democratic and Republican witn...
Two-thirds of SNAP recipients are kids, seniors, or the disabled, most of whom are not expected to work.
The people that I meet with regularly and the people who I see at food banks are not there because they want to be at fo...
the whole concept of categorical eligibility was introduced basically to do what I think everybody here wants, to make t...
Does anyone here believe that the current SNAP benefit is adequate for a family to be able to pay for the groceries they...
I am also for a plan to end hunger. We don't really have a plan in this country to end hunger.
I want us to first fund it adequately and I want us to make it work as best as possible.
And anybody who tells you, and I have to say this, I really feel strongly about this, that this benefit is enough ought ...
The majority of people on this program are kids, are senior citizens, are those who are disabled.
