Juan Vargas: “We need urgent, immediate fixes, anything to slow the flows.”

I sincerely thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for bringing us together tonight to defend the SNAP program. In America, no child should go to bed hungry. No family should have to worry about where their next meal is coming from. SNAP…

I believe this is the first time the gentleman from Arkansas has been presenting as the chairman, and I want to say that, as a friend, I am very proud of the gentleman, and it is good to see him as chairman. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes…

I have no further speakers. I am prepared to close if the gentleman from Arkansas has no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I am not going to defend Chairman Gruenberg because I think it is indefensible, personally.