I find it appalling that anyone would object to that legislation.

let's not layer on the guilt to the working mom because she is not making the sliced potatoes au gratin from scratch, or whatever.

It is hard to buy fresh ingredients and have them still fresh by the time you get around to a day when you do have time.

I come from a rural district, so sadly, there are places where you have to travel a long way to get healthy food.

It is vitally important to the well-being of our future and our children.

the two-for-one SNAP benefits is really great, and gives the farmers some reliability too. It improves their marketing.

Well, they need to drive around my district, because these are not restaurants. This is just the only place to get it, it may be a braised chicken.

let us get the food to the people who need it in the most timely way.

I come from a rural district in New Hampshire, the western part of the state, a lot of small towns. And we have talked in this Committee before, in particular during the farm bill, about food deserts.

What is interesting is we did the two for one SNAP benefit at the farmers' markets, which is hugely successful in my district.

I was a working mom. I know this problem.

a clear violation of U.N. resolutions.

I think that is critical. And I would say this is a very bipartisan Committee, that is rare on Capitol Hill...

NATO must bolster the security of its own frontline states, especially in the Baltics and across southern Europe but also in Poland, lest they be subject to intimidation and subversion. America must lead the alliance in this regard.

I want to join my colleague and friend, Mike Coffman, in cosponsoring your bill.

I want to agree with the point that everybody has made about how we attract good people into work for the government.

Is there anybody who disagrees that that program should be made permanent?

It's an important lesson in the importance of innovation.