Steve Southerland: “That is not right, it is unfair. That is unacceptable.”

In this country you are innocent until you are proven guilty.

I appreciate the efforts of you and Ranking Member Rahall, and those efforts, how they have advanced this bipartisan piece of legislation. I would also like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Gibbs for giving this issue the urgent attention…

With food stamp usage now cutting a swath well into the middle class, is it fair to ask if we were anticipating that average Americans would be buying each other their groceries through the Federal Government?

We have a responsibility to address that fraud, because if we don't, then in the end we will be able to serve fewer people.