Steve Southerland: “This appears to me, Mr. Chairman, to be a solution looking for a problem.”

The financial costs of distributing free food to such a large portion of American families is a substantial burden on the average American taxpayer.

The Food Stamp Program, or SNAP, is a food supplement program whose intended purpose is to assure individuals with the very lowest incomes have enough to eat.

I also want to remind my colleagues that no one was a greater champion of my amendment than former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. He is definitely a stalwart in New England fisheries. So though he is not here, his spirit in favor…

I am not in favor of giving you guys more land. You cannot manage what you have properly.