"I thank the Ranking Member for yielding me the time."
"We should all be ashamed that there are so many people, of all ages, in our country--the richest country in the history of the world--that are hungry."
"We need White House leadership to convene all the agencies and the departments together."
"If flexibility means block granting this program and limiting the amount of resources to go to help feed hungry people... I have a problem with that."
"I am all for flexibility, as long as it is not code for cutting the program, or eliminating the benefit."
"the hard reality is that we can and we must do a better job in fighting hunger and poverty in America."
"Holding a White House conference like this would be a major step forward in our effort to reduce hunger and poverty."
"our safety net has some holes in it, and it must be strengthened to meet some of our families' most basic needs."
"I think we should have that discussion. But let's be honest, that is going to require additional resources."
"It infuriates me that, you know--that there are too many workers in this country who earn such abysmally low wages."
"By the way, I am talking about a livable wage."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Dr. Morris, for being here. I appreciate all the work that you do."