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I claim time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Indiana is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I thank my colleagues for this amendment, although I must oppose it. This amendment adds back specific Federal requirements for paraprofessionals. These provisions place too much emphasis on a teacher's credentials, degrees, and licensing…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership. On behalf of Chairman Kline and myself and other certain members of the committee, I would like to put on the Record that we think this amendment improves the underlying bill. I thank the gentlemen…

Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman, again, for his concern, but I fail to see how this Capitol can do any better a job in solving the problem than the gentleman's State capitol or at the local level. The government that governs best…

I wholeheartedly support the Department's reaching the 2017 goal for auditable financial statements, a tool that will help manage the finite resources that we have.

There is a finite cap, and we have to prioritize.

We are not investing enough in this Nation's defense, there is no question about that.

We have failed to deal with that responsibility to find savings on the entitlement side, specifically Social Security and Medicare.

If we are going to ask people to sacrifice their lives, be injured and give the time of their life to this country, we ought to be very precise.

I did not vote for the Budget Control Act, and it is very difficult to find anyone in this institution now who admits that they did, but we are living with the consequences of it.

We have to make an investment and we have to raise revenue, that is a failure.

I want to thank you so much for taking the time to be here.

SNAP is operating to combat hunger and poverty during periods of economic hardship as Congress intended.

I know what poverty looks like, both internationally, and what it looks like in my own district.

I am so grateful that you are here, and I can tell you that, since the beginning of this Congressional period, I am Chairing the Subcommittee on Nutrition, which looks at this whole SNAP program.

Do you think right up front a work requirement... turns people off into getting involved in something like case management?

It is so refreshing for me to sit here, because I do believe that partnering with other organizations that are on the front line, bringing in 501s, and bringing in programs that really are addressing more than just the need of just simply…

Thank you for your leadership in working to strengthen America's Federal nutrition programs.