There are people in this country years ago who fashioned a social safety net. They were Democrats, and they were Republicans.

Let us just look at the data, and you have--this is in 2018--4.7 million children lifted out of poverty because of the EITC and the CTC.

I want to thank Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard for in 2015 having the vision that this would be a direction that we needed to go in to study what is going on with childhood poverty.

What we need to be doing is to strengthen these programs and adding on to them as we go forward.

Poverty was a daily attack on their well-being.

And I do believe it is a moral responsibility that we utilize all the power of the Federal Government to engage with these communities and these students.

Let us remember that poverty has a pernicious impact on the development of children.

I believe that is the wrong direction for our students and for our country.

What we have been subjected to this morning is an Orwellian presentation that showcases doublespeak.

We would like to urge you to immediately suspend any department rulemaking that would reduce benefits or affect program eligibility.

But your delay in dealing with this means that this program is going to continue to move in the direction that it has been moving.

We don't have any investigation of over $100 million that is going to this corporation.

Are you going to conduct an investigation?

The economy is still not working for everyone, and the administration should not make it worse by decimating one of the most effective safety net programs.

Do you think there is need to rebalance your efforts?

I make an assumption that the Secretary condones the use of taxpayer dollars in order to subsidize a corrupt foreign-owned corporation engaged in illegal activity.

The OIG's swine slaughter audit would be available in April. I just want to remind you that the plants may be committing to this new system by March 20.

I worry that these rules disproportionately impact working families with children trying to climb out of poverty.

We believe that more can be done, such as waiving the congregate meal requirement for schools outside of area eligibility.

I am concerned about the continued and substantial payments to U.S. subsidiaries of the corrupt Brazilian-owned and controlled meat packer JBS.

You are independent. That is what makes the IG so critically important to all of us up here.

I want to get my state's share of the money that we send through taxpayer resources.

There will be no cuts to Medicaid

We must not only celebrate them; we must elevate them.

There are some who disagree. They oppose paid maternity and paternity leave...