"We can do better. I know we can."
"we are deeply concerned that the proposed changes to further restrict ABAWD's ability to receive SNAP benefits would cause significant hardship to very low-income individuals"
"the loss of food assistance will likely create additional financial and emotional stress making it harder to achieve this goal."
"the proposed rule also circumvents the will of Congress by attempting to implement, through executive action, policy changes Congress rejected"
"I spent the majority of my adult life as a teacher. In fact, before coming to Congress, I was a classroom teacher, a mandated reporter, so I know exactly what you are talking about."
"In Waterbury, Connecticut, where I was a teacher, last year, we had 85 opioid-related deaths, and in most of those families there are children who are coming to school."
"I guess what I want to make sure--and, Ms. Jackson, my question is for you--being that we know that poverty is a risk for many of these young people, addiction is a risk, when we are responding to ref..."
"In my community, in the city of Waterbury, where I taught, generally, that was associated with addiction, and trauma from addiction that really reverberated out into the entire family."
"Last year, we had 85 opioid-related deaths, and in most of those families there are children who are coming to school."
"Making it more difficult for states to waive the 3 month time limit for low-income individuals facing barriers to employment, as the proposed rule would do, makes it more likely that vulnerable childr..."
"I will disagree with you on one thing. You said the odds are that you will not lift yourself out of poverty."
"And that is why I am so proud of what North Carolina's doing in terms of capping things, like a 3 percent cap on fees, making sure that we have got State investment in the cost of attendance for stude..."