we have begun consideration of this year's National Defense Authorization Act, which is annual legislation to authorize funding for our military and national defense. Like last year's bill, this year's National Defense Authorization Act…

this week we will begin consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual legislation to authorize funding for our military and national defense. This year's legislation builds on last year's bill, with its emphasis on…

We need this program, and we need this program to be effective.

I don't have a problem with whistleblowers. I really don't.

We need the SNAP program, and we need it to be effective.

Oh, my goodness, did the winter and spring of 2019 push a lot of very hearty producers to the brink.

I want to say how much I appreciated the tone of Mr. Van Drew. He clearly is attempting to find common ground.

I will do whatever it takes to make sure that hungry people are fed. We are in the richest nation in the world.

Ninety-nine percent of them will continue to qualify or be eligible for that program.

Somebody used the word, whistleblower, to describe Mr. Undersander, and that is the right approach.

We should make no doubt about it: We need the SNAP program, and we need it to be effective.

And absolutely they should have that school lunch. Ninety-nine percent of them will continue to qualify or be eligible for that program.

There are some changes that need to happen in this system if we are concerned about the benefits cliff.

Let's be honest. We all know that most people are really honest and that some people, a minority, will take advantage of any program.

Now, there are allegations seemingly every day on the floor of the House that my party doesn't authentically care about poor people.

There are times when broad-based categorical eligibility is, frankly, an embarrassment.

We have to find a way to make sure that hungry people can eat all of the time.

I just want to make sure that comes to the fore.