02/27/2017
https://congress.gov...
"I believe we ought to be asking the question how do you end hunger in this country."
"Finding $10 billion worth of cuts in SNAP is a terrible thing to do, and it is going to make people's lives more difficult."
"Oftentimes they are characterized as people who just don't want to work, or they are lazy, or they are trying to take advantage of the system, when in my experience, from what I have been able to tell..."
"Of those who are not working, the population is very complicated, and it includes returning veterans, it includes people who are chronically homeless, people who have undiagnosed mental illnesses."