"SNAP abuse is lower than it has ever been."
"the best way to bring down the cost of the SNAP program is to put people to work."
"But there is absolutely no way they can take the place of SNAP."
"Our prison population went from 300,000 in 1975 to over two million today."
"millions of jobs that we once had 25 years ago have disappeared because of our terrible policy of shipping so many manufacturing jobs"
"I want to support those parents that are making some progress, and I don't think we ought to be taking these benefits away."
"We cannot and we will not separate SNAP from the farm bill."
"The food program is essential to the farm bill."
"The one thing we cannot survive without is food."
"A veteran is more than twice as likely than the average American to be food insecure."
"we need to give our beef, and our pork, and our poultry folks here some kind of relief."