It should not ever be tolerated.

We enjoy the safest, most affordable, and most abundant food supply in the world in large part due to sustained public investment in agricultural research.

The current Administration is cutting agricultural discretionary spending by about $4.7 billion.

It is really very difficult to do.

I would just love to make to the group, that in the testimony where work requirements and getting folks out of poverty is certainly an issue that is bipartisan, a one-size-fits-all model, I agree, never works.

I am very concerned about sanctions on families with small children where the cuts can actually do real damage, because it creates food insecurity, it creates stress on the children.

the challenges are incredible, and these safety net programs are incredibly valuable and important.

Not only would cuts to the SNAP program reverse years of gains that cities and states like New York have made in service delivery it would also harm local economies.

I would like to just read a couple of paragraphs from the letter. On behalf of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaskan Native organization serving the broad…

I also rise today to oppose the nomination of Scott Pruitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I believe the President should be able to assemble his or her own team, and I understand that elections have…

I yield back the time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. All time is yielded back. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Mulvaney nomination?

on August 5, 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage laden with heavy metals and other contaminants were released into Cement Creek by an Environmental Protection Agency contractor investigating contamination at the Gold King Mine in…

The core issue is that we want the flexibility for states and rural communities and communities to really figure out how to do it.

I wish to oppose the confirmation of Congressman Mick Mulvaney as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I respect Mr. Mulvaney's public service representing the people of South Carolina, who elected him to serve in the State…

The focus of all of our conversations ought to be on the incentives, and I don't want to lose momentum.

We have programs at WIC, we have programs at Head Start that are uniquely focused on SNAP-Education.

In my view, building this wall could send a message to foreign companies that the border is closed for business.

Mexico's economic minister has recently reported that if a border tax like that is put on Mexican goods, they would immediately seek retaliation.