I take hunger very seriously, because I know what hunger does to children.
There are times when broad-based categorical eligibility is, frankly, an embarrassment.
We need the SNAP program, and we need it to be effective.
I don't have a problem with whistleblowers. I really don't.
Oh, my goodness, did the winter and spring of 2019 push a lot of very hearty producers to the brink.
We should celebrate whistleblowers in this society to a greater extent than we do.
We have to find a way to make sure that hungry people can eat all of the time.
I will do whatever it takes to make sure that hungry people are fed. We are in the richest nation in the world.
we need this program, and we need this program to be effective.
I am introducing the Farm and Ranch to School bill, which would allow for a greater portion of that budget to be used on...
I know I am not lazy. I know I grew up as a poor boy in South Dakota, I know my life is better because I was held accoun...
I don't think that holding people accountable is punishment. I think it is a hallmark of a responsible society.
First off, we should be clear that it is the law of the land in my understanding since the 1996 Welfare Act that able-bo...
Second, that SNAP is an important poverty program. That is something worth maintaining, something worth holding up.
The term able-bodied, as we have talked about, is so key to this discussion, and I want to make sure that we are working...
Third, that work and education are a critically important, a necessary part of helping people realize opportunities to m...
Work does that, and if a couple of things came out loud and clear that there is basis for agreement, it is first off tha...
No, absolutely, and I think that is what is concerning about the way the waivers operate right now...
