"SNAP is highly responsive to need."
"SNAP growth was not a result of waste or fraud."
"SNAP is a powerful antipoverty program."
"SNAP is an important work support."
"I mean, we live in a country where there are 50 million people who are hungry or food insecure."
"If that is the case in New Mexico someone ought to be fired, because that is not the case anyplace else."
"I don't know too many millionaires who are dying to get on SNAP."
"I think the benefit is, in my opinion, not generous enough."
"So maybe we ought to be talking about making work pay a little bit better and maybe increase the minimum wage."
"As a Member of Congress who does a lot of casework, a lot of people who fall on hard times end up coming to us because they can't quite figure out the system."
"I just worry about the fact that when we talk about these issues, sometimes we end of demonizing these people."
"the voices of those who are most desperate, who are most vulnerable, the voices of the poor, weren't heard adequately."