Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 3495. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Florida? There was no objection. ____________________

A full revamp of worker protections is necessary to ensure safer working conditions and better benefits.

Thank you so much. I yield, my time is up.

The right to organize as the law currently stands does not empower our constituents to harness their true economic potential.

Congress has a responsibility to ensure that the changing economy does not undermine the rights of American workers.

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act we call the PRO Act which we recently advanced through this committee, would strengthen joint employment standards under the National Labor Relations Act to ensure that workers can bring to the…

So at least we are on the same page there. So you think it is okay to put in place rules that would put 4 million people off of SNAP?

Well, once again I would say, sir, that you all believe in states' rights when it is to your advantage and you don't when it is not.

At a time when 1 in 7 children are already food insecure, we should be doing more to prevent, so much more to prevent children--childhood hunger.

The reality is that this administration is going to be making more hungry children go without breakfast or lunch to pay for its nearly $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited corporations and the wealthy.

I hope you will show respect to the Members of this Committee and the people we represent by addressing these concerns directly in your oral testimony and answers during today's hearing.