It is kind of like Robin Hood in reverse. We are taking food from the poorest of the poor, we are blaming them for the debt, and we are asking nothing of the richest of the rich.

That is why I was proud to co-lead Training and Nutrition Stability Act, H.R. 3087, with Committee Members Alma Adams and Mark Molinaro, along with Adriano Espaillat.

So, I believe strongly that we need to make it possible for the millions of students that want to follow in a similar path to mine who--we need to enable them to make those ends meet while pursuing that education.

Ms. Brown, are SNAP applicants and recipients required to provide a Social Security Number to receive and retain SNAP benefits?

Are you going to be able to eat a decent meal for $2.41 a meal? That is absolutely ridiculous.

Dr. Rachidi, you note in your testimony SNAP must accomplish its core goal of supporting Americans in their path out of poverty.

This issue of work, as if Democrats don't have work requirements. We do, up to 49 years of age.

Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough: $7.25, you can't survive, and all of my colleagues here know it.

We were proud to have this be a bipartisan vote to expand SNAP benefits to veterans and to the unhoused.

Some of my colleagues are also aiming to cut the program, and making a conscious decision that would directly hurt the poor and working families.

What can we do to improve this situation with our children, our seniors, and our veterans?

We stand united against any efforts to take food away from children, families, or any vulnerable American in this farm bill.

Hungry people can't work. Hungry kids can't learn. Hungry families can't raise their children. And a hungry nation cannot prosper.

How much? Give us about a ballpark figure of what you feel it is going to take to do what is in this regulatory piece of legislation.

what will be the effect of providing no additional funding resources to the SEC and the CFTC to implement this proposal?

Look, we have to put an amount in this bill. And now you have a chance to tell us what you think you need.

When you say appropriate, tell me, what would you say? How much?

What will be the effect of providing no additional funding resources to the SEC and the CFTC to implement this proposal?

It is our hope that we will have a bipartisan, joint committee legislative proposal.

And let me ask you, can you share with us, are there any benefits to this provisional framework that provide the Commission with authorities or information to which you cannot currently assess?

If he estimates $120 million over 3 years, I think he has done his numbers.

there is an important cost to a lack of standards that industry, and investors, and consumers can understand and follow.

I think the provision that outlines a period of provisional registration--the way I view it is it really is holding back the CFTC.

Well, I will tell you, it is very important that we make sure that we provide you with sufficient funding to do this very much needed job.

But the big issue that we have yet to deal with, and we have to deal with, is making sure that we appropriate the proper funding so that you can do the job.