I do hope that we can move further on this issue.
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Nutrition incentives, as I am sure you are familiar with, or what we call Double Up Bucks, those provided via GusNIP are far more effective and productive.
Studies that actually track the impact of SNAP on the physical health of those recipients find that it is linked with improved nutritional outcomes.
USDA ERS research has actually shown that SNAP participants purchase foods at rates similar to non-participants.
I have one request for committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee is…
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:49 p.m., stands adjourned until Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 12 noon…
First, with respect to my response to our colleague from Missouri, let me be clear on a point that technologists are clear on. This bill would weaken the strongest technology that protects children and families online: strong encryption…
It has been said that Secretary Mayorkas is dishonest, duplicitous, and derelict in his duties, and I agree. However, he has also willfully refused to comply with and enforce our Nation's immigration laws and explicitly instructed his…
We ought to put real resources into renegotiating and rebuilding the MFN multilateral framework, like-minded trading partners that address modern American economic challenges.
I urge the Biden administration to resist any efforts from our trading partners... to agree to outcomes that do not fully reflect American interests.
I strongly support the WTO but, sadly, the limitations that have been mentioned are ones that challenge that optimism.
The second phase is really where the rubber is going to hit the road, though, because it is going to be dealing with those subsidies that are contributing to overcapacity and overfishing very directly.
Either we continue to pursue things on a bilateral basis or take unilateral action when it comes to trade policies, or we invest in a system with other like-minded allies to address things like China's unfair trade practices.
Substance, not arbitrary deadlines, should drive the outcomes at the ministerial.
The American consumer pays the highest prescription drug prices in the world.
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:09 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 11 a.m…
A huge thanks to my colleague from Maine and for his scholarly and passionate presentation of the challenge that we face at this moment. And, as he summarized the end, may we choose honor and sustain our support and partnership with the…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, listening on the floor of the House, there are arguments that are legitimate in terms of the shortcomings of this. It is not perfect, but I don't want the perfect to be the enemy of the…