"I will not support legislation that takes food away from low-income households."
"I will not support any policies that result in food being taken away from Kathy, James, Don, and the many other older adults in my district who depend on SNAP to put food on their tables for their fam..."
"We want to see people eating more fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, healthy proteins, which is why we should be talking more today about the GusNIP program, about produce prescriptions, about all things..."
"Well, when 170,000 Mainers lost SNAP emergency allotments in March, $17 million a month was drained from our state's economy, and taken away from hungry families."
"Clearly, I am going to use up all of my time ranting about this, but the fact is we are here today to talk about making more cuts, to making it more restrictive, to making it more difficult, and I can..."
"As a nation, we owe it to these individuals to identify policies aimed at helping low-income families achieve the type of opportunity that every American deserves."
"That is why I was proud to co-lead Training and Nutrition Stability Act, H.R. 3087, with Committee Members Alma Adams and Mark Molinaro, along with Adriano Espaillat."
"Dr. Rachidi, you note in your testimony SNAP must accomplish its core goal of supporting Americans in their path out of poverty."
"Let me be clear, my colleagues and I stand united against efforts to take food away from veterans, children, families, or any vulnerable American in the farm bill, or in any other legislation."
"Any cuts to these lifesaving benefits would disproportionately affect the folks who make up the majority of my district, which is Black and Latino Americans."
"I did need to interject that we felt like that was really where all the fat was, with trying to feed hungry people in this country to the tune of $6 a day."
"I think we need to encourage opportunity, and I think we need to do that with all of our government programs."