We cannot allow politics to stand in the way of addressing the home foreclosure crisis.

Fraud within the program is at an all-time low.

Where are these children supposed to go if they are hungry?

I am concerned that the true purpose of this hearing may be to discredit the entire program.

SNAP has never been more critical than it is today.

I thank the lady for yielding. We've heard a great deal about Representative Payne this evening. Some of the fondest memories that I have of Donald was talking. He was a philosopher and a poet. All of the things that people have said that…

It seems to me if you are making decisions about something and you have 20 percent less information or less accurate information, would that drive up the cost of not only getting the data that you need, but would it also compromise the…

If we don't pay one way, then we will pay another way.

It is a civic duty and a mark of good citizenship and I also think a level of patriotism and patriotic spirit for individuals to be engaged in providing this information.

As stewards of public dollars, we should seek the most cost effective manner to reach our ultimate goal.

Voluntary versus mandatory ACS studies in 2003 and 2004, the findings demonstrated an over 20 percent decrease in participation when the answers were voluntary.

I think there are even bodies of knowledge now that did not exist in 1790.

The integrity of the ACS would be fundamentally challenged, however, by Congressman Poe's bill which would remove the traditional legal requirement to answer the census questions fully and truthfully.

the failures that you discussed earlier actually did occur during the prior administration.

I have to tell you, we are fundamentally failing to fulfill this mission.

Mr. Chairman, I am very, very grateful that there is at least one person and his wife with limited manpower, limited resources who wants to do this, who wants to make a difference to make this correction.

That is totally unacceptable.

I think it is totally unacceptable.

I urge all sides to continue to work toward reaching the goal that I know most Americans share.

I want us to try to agree on goals and then try to work together to achieve those goals.

I am disappointed in those who claim that the administration has an agenda: to increase abortions, sterilizations, and contraceptive use by Catholics.

Clearly we cannot tax our way out of it and we cannot cut our way out of it.

We simply cannot reshuffle the deck chairs on this Titanic.

I am disappointed that for the fourth straight year the administration included a repeal of LIFO in its budget.

I think that those of us who are concerned with unions' political advocacy should also take a good look at corporate America.