"I plan to introduce the HAND UP Act, which would direct USDA to maintain a clearinghouse for evidence-based practices for SNAP employment and training."
"I think that is what we have got to look at, not thinking that the efficacy of a program is dependent upon the number of people that are enrolled in it but rather the efficacy of a program being how m..."
"we currently are in peril because of everything we spend here in the Federal Government, just a little over four years ago when I got here, we were borrowing 20 cents on every dollar that we spend. No..."
"When I was here earlier, the discussion was about the fact that 20 percent of GDP is maybe some magic number in terms of where we should be generating revenue."
"So Dr. McBride, do you think we can generate 20 percent of GDP in federal revenues without depressing the economic growth rate?"
"I'm out of time here, and I might note that our current spending is now not at 20 percent. It's about 25 percent of GDP."
"And with as hard as it's been to hire people, it's a very tricky area when you start messing with fringe benefits."
"It can be done."
"No American should have their rights unnecessarily stripped from them."
"I am introducing the Guardianship Grant Flexibility Act with Chairman Casey to remove barriers by making Federal guardianship grants more flexible."
"I look forward to hearing more about common sense steps we can take to strike the right balance between protection and freedom."
"I believe that freedom and choice are, you know, so important in any of this."