"The bottom line is, we learned that SNAP works."
"Efforts to convert SNAP into a block grant program would be catastrophic."
"Do not balance the budget on the backs of America's poor and struggling working families."
"National security should mean the quality of life for our citizens."
"We shouldn't change its entitlement structure. We shouldn't cut it."
"Just a $30 increase in monthly SNAP benefits for households leads to healthier eating and lower rates of food insecurity."
"As a Member of Congress, I am ashamed of that fact, and I think it has to become a bigger priority."
"I opposed the Republican budget resolution because it was not a serious document, it targeted American families and their healthcare."
"Listen to the representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars who have spent the week visiting Members' Capitol Hill offices to deliver the message that sequestration 'is the most significant readines..."
"We must invest in both defense and domestic priorities and reject the Faustian bargain that would fund one and not the other to the ultimate detriment of both."
"the State Department, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform ..."
"After a media campaign by me and some strong action by the State Department and my Congressman Al Green, the Chinese Consulate legalized our evidence so that it could be used at trial."