
If we are talking about investing in our future, I can't think of a better investment than making sure that our kids have enough to eat.
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If we are talking about investing in our future, I can't think of a better investment than making sure that our kids have enough to eat.

These are the men and women who bravely fought for our country, and I don't think we are doing enough to support them.

We should be looking at the evidence that shows that more and more seniors are experiencing hunger.

SNAP is not a jobs program. It is a food program.

I think about my State where we're having so many issues, if we were reversing those investments.

I fear that we can make lots of adjustments to the criminal justice system, but we are still going to have it as a de facto environment for institutional care for this population.

I hope this is a stepping off place to do that.

The most important thing, I would say tribal leadership taking the lead. They are already taking ownership for problems.

SNAP is critical to ending childhood hunger.

I think we could be doing more to encourage other agencies to consider this approach to problem solving.

I could not agree with you more in terms of NIH being woefully underfunded, and also we need the oversight to make sure there is the credibility there.

I could not agree more with what others have said. It has been very insightful, and I think if we just worked with each other and took a little guidance from you, we could really make a difference on some of these issues.

I think American ingenuity can solve many problems like these. We just need to get more innovators and researchers to focus.

We need to be investing in the National Science Foundation's work to fund basic research at universities and that kind of activity across the country.

I plan to introduce legislation in the Senate soon that is a companion to the House-passed Science Prize Competition Act.

Mr. President, Nelson Mandela once said there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way it treats its children. Every child deserves a fair chance. If we fail at taking care of our children, we fail at everything else…