Political Quotes

“As if voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act for the 37th time is not enough, Republicans are adding insult to injury by marking up a farm bill this week that doubles down on their indiscriminate sequester. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the Food Stamp program, is one of our Nation's first lines of defense against hunger and among the most effective forms of economic stimulus. Every $1 in SNAP benefits generates $1.70 in economic activity. Yet the Republican farm bill cuts nearly $21 billion from our Nation's antihunger program while millions of Americans continue to struggle from the impacts of the Great Recession. These cuts would end food assistance for nearly 2 million low-income people, mostly working families, children, and seniors, already hit by the sequester. Mr. Speaker, when I was a student and a single mother, the American people provided a lifeline in the form of food stamps while I struggled to make a better life for my children. That's true today for millions of families across the country, including 4.3 million Californians who need this critical lifeline. Cutting SNAP is morally wrong and an economic disaster. We should reject these cuts, stop sequestration, and create jobs. ____________________”