this research gives confirmation from your Department of what multiple independent high quality studies show, that SNAP benefits support and create jobs in our economy.

how can you justify the administration's attempt to cut SNAP when these proposals would not only take away food but also reduce employment?

800,000 people will be affected by the cuts to these programs.

I look forward to that.

Hungry children. Hungry kids don't learn.

Hungry kids don't learn.

Children don't choose to be recipients of school lunch programs--free school lunch programs.

We have to do real outreach the same way we are doing--we have done in STEM in the last decade as we needed that.

Thank you, Madame Chair, and again thank you for allowing me to wave on to this committee because this as well is not my committee.

Unfortunately, we know that systemic racial segregation continues to leave youth of color behind.

Reintegration actually does not start at the point of reentry.

Last Friday, we marked the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, a landmark ruling declaring that school segregation was unconstitutional.

we really have to think about how reentry starts before folks go home.

I have seen that same thing right here on the Hill when I am trying to recruit interns or hire staff.

The more you work one year, the more you work another year, and so work experience is literally critical.

High poverty, racially segregated communities often lack the opportunities for upward mobility, contributing to higher youth disconnection rates for communities of color.

I want to make sure that we are addressing all aspects of this problem.

I am struggling a little this morning because I have this lovely binder with these prepared questions and all I can think about is my grandma right now.

Employers can require employees to attend these meetings.

I have spent my entire adult life as a proud union member, as a member of SEIU 1199, the Waterbury Teachers Association, the Connecticut Teachers Association, and ultimately, the National Education Association.

That is why I am so frustrated when I hear stories around the country, and even in my home district, of workers who are actively being discriminated against or retaliated against for exercising their rights to organize.

As Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, I can attest that the infrastructure needs on federal lands are significant, and I stand ready to assist in your efforts to craft a solution that will keep this country moving forward.

The need for robust funding for our transportation systems and infrastructure is no more obvious than in Connecticut, and continued funding support for all forms of transportation, from road to rail to pedestrian, is a priority for my…

Ensuring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund is essential to the success of our transportation system.

what happens to all of the students who are displaced by the closures of these centers?