Al Lawson: “A diversity of studies show it is harder for minority- and women-owned small businesses to not only get the business…”

Do you believe it would be feasible to distribute benefits in a different way--throughout the month, or on a rolling basis in some other sense?

We are not only politicians but business owners too, and it gives us the opportunity to try to remove some of the obstacles in the way of small businesses.

One of the most important ways to tackle hunger in this country is by focusing on how it impacts various subpopulations of our communities.

We need ongoing investment in TEFAP, in the Food Box Program, so that we continue to have the inventory we need to respond.