Jim McGovern

I intend to reach out to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry to ask that they withhold any removal proceedings given the danger that he faces in the PRC.

But sometimes greater sacrifice is called for from each of us, and that would include the athletes as well.

While your complicity might not be so direct, your corporate involvement in the Olympic Games nevertheless does further the interests of the government of China.

I respectfully suggest that moral posturing is--granted, these corporations are not directly complicit in China abuses--they're not Thermo Fisher Scientific, whose DNA sequences were used to collect the biometric data of Uyghurs.

In October of 2018 Senator Rubio and I had also written IOC President Bach, asking the IOC to 'review and ultimately reassign the location of the 2022 Winter Olympics.'

We wrote to the International Olympic Committee's President Thomas Bach last week, stating unequivocally that 'No Olympics should be held in a country whose government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity.'

No Olympics should be held in a country whose government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity.

We want to hear how Olympic sponsors can help us deny the Chinese government its propaganda coup.

It is important that we dispel this narrative, this false narrative out there that somehow people who are on this benefit do not want to work.

SNAP is not some generous benefit. The average benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal.

So, I am hopeful that such a conference will be able to help Congress get out of this mind-set where struggling people and their struggles are disparaged and diminished.

If some workers are demanding jobs that treat them with dignity and respect, jobs that actually allow them to get off of government benefits for good, all I can say is, it is about damn time.

I have not had a single person who has told me that they would rather rely on SNAP and other government assistance programs instead of a good-paying job.

I am so pleased that Mr. Bacon has expressed an interest in addressing this problem, and hope to work together to craft a solution for our constituents.

Meaningful investment in rural America and rural infrastructure is critical to our nation's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

These large expenses can be a huge burden, given our lack of access to capital.

We know that rural hospitals and health systems face enormous challenges.

Over the past year, rural hospitals answered the call to service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I believe that hospitals are one of the basic physical and organizational facilities needed for communities to thrive, no matter the size, location, or demographics.

Hunger is not inevitable--it's a policy choice.

Far too often the commentary that comes out of Washington, D.C. does more to stigmatize people than help people get back on their feet.

As a Member of Congress, I am ashamed that so many people in this country don't know where their next meal is going to come from.

I appreciate both of you for your courage and for coming and sharing your stories, and I look forward to continuing to work with you and others on this panel.

This is not a charity. This is our moral obligation. We all ought to be committed to making sure that nobody in this county is food-insecure or goes hungry.

SNAP is perhaps the most important anti-hunger program that we have, and charity can't do it alone.