"We couldn't food bank our way out of the pandemic--and we cannot food bank our way out of hunger."
"I am grateful that we have finally increased SNAP benefits by 15 percent through the end of September, but we are obviously going to have to work to do more to prevent a Federal food cliff come that d..."
"That is why earlier this year, Representatives Gomez, Harder, and myself introduced H.R. 1919, Enhanced Access to SNAP, or EATS Act."
"I have introduced H.R. 2339, Military and Hunger Prevention Act, which establishes basic needs allowance to help low-income military families purchase food."
"the fact that we all have the same end goal is very encouraging."
"Given the health benefits of these types of meals, should the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Program be expanded?"
"I do believe that the work of this commission and the passage of this--the legislation that we are talking about is more important now more than ever."
"In passing the commission's recommendations, I think Congress would advance America's core principles of service, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility."
"As COVID-19, as we saw throughout the pandemic, it was necessary and it was critical to have that capacity that public servants provided to our Nation."
"we would be essentially fully reliant on the sea-based leg of the triad."
"I and a number of other of my colleagues were absolutely disappointed by the withdrawal of the United States from the Open Skies Treaty."
"I introduced the Open Skies Stability Act to let our allies know that we in Congress felt that way about the Open Skies Treaty."