Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is just that--a nutrition assistance program--which is designed to provide nutrition assistance to eligible low-income individuals and their families. Personal hygiene items never have been eligible for purchase under a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program transaction and should never be eligible under SNAP. We should be devoting our scarce resources to providing food to hungry Americans, not personal hygiene items. I urge my colleagues to join me in the opposition of this amendment and to vote ``no.'' I reserve the balance of my time.”