06/18/2009
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"But the problem is there are a lot of Members of Congress who are instinctively against SNAP because they think it creates dependency, when the evidence is the opposite."
"I can tell you when we took back that food stamp generosity, when the Recovery Act monies ran out, all of us heard from constituents who complained that food prices didn't go down."
"The fact is that the benefit, as Mr. Weill pointed out, is inadequate."
"By the way, I am talking about a livable wage."