Rosa DeLauro

We have a moral obligation to ensure that one half of the American workforce is treated as fairly and equitably as the other half.

There is no advocate for pay equity more compelling and more eloquent than Rosa.

That is why I introduced the Fair Pay Act.

That is why I strongly support the Paycheck Fairness Act, which Senators Dodd and Mikulski have long championed.

The wage gap is an anachronism, a relic of discrimination that should be stamped out.

I believe the best way to address that gap is by drawing more women into higher-earning fields.

And I want to thank Senator Enzi as well, as all of our witnesses for being here today.

Government does have a moral responsibility in these areas.

What happens? Do States ask you for the materials, and then they are distributed in the State?

My Food Pyramid. Okay.

Make such sums as may be necessary available for the SNAP benefit payments.

Science ought to come into play somewhere.

My understanding is that, just to add to what Congressman Farr is saying, that there are findings in a USDA report that found that WIC is paying $127 million more annually for infant formula under the rebate contracts that are currently in…

To be very honest, we do not have time to wait until 2014 to start improving the health of our kids.

I am delighted that you are looking at what it takes to make available a healthy lunch for our kids.

What are you doing about this?

This Committee has provided $700 million in 100 percent administrative funds to help states cope with the increased workloads they are experiencing.

We are going to work with you in trying to find the additional funding for that and where it can come from.

Making sure that the children of this Nation are well-fed is part of our national security. But it is a moral responsibility.

We will pass the health care bill on Sunday, and one of the pieces that I think is particularly important that hasn't had that much focus or retention is that--that is in menu labeling.

One recommendation that has been made is to begin to provide SNAP benefits on a biweekly basis. It seems to me this is a common-sense approach, and most people get paid biweekly.

The SNAP benefits are provided to participants at the beginning of the month, and most participants spend the benefits in the first part of the month and then have to struggle through the rest of the month with little or no food, as I…

I defy other Federal programs to have that kind of accuracy rate.

Hunger knows no age, no sex, or region of this country.

I don't have a clue why we are subsidizing non-nutritious food in our schools.