the bottom line is there is hunger in this country, food insecurity, is exploding. This is a humanitarian crisis.

we did not have as many offers from the Northeast region of the United States as we had hoped.

even before this COVID-19 public health crisis we had a hunger problem in the United States of America.

I will associate myself with the remarks of Mr. Peterson by saying we ought to be expanding SNAP at this particular point.

we received the second-lowest allocation of any geographic region.

I am specifically requesting that you immediately issue a stop work order for CRE8AD8 in San Antonio, as you have reportedly already done with California Avocados Direct, and that thereafter you promptly cancel this contract.

I write to express my strong objection to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to award Farmers to Families Food Box Program distribution contracts to entities lacking the operational capability to receive, store, and…

No. We would temporarily implement remote voting by proxy through a special order resolution that would allow the Speaker to put the process in place for 45 days during a public health emergency due to a novel coronavirus.

I respectfully ask the committee to honor the service of a specific cohort of former members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to radiation during the years following World War II, known collectively as the atomic veterans.

That is just ridiculous, and it is offensive.

Any U.S. or international company working in or with suppliers in Xinjiang should reconsider whether they want to be producing products in a region where there is evidence that crimes against humanity are being committed.

China claims that these sprawling camps with barbed wire and armed guard towers are humane vocational training centers. This is a lie.

history will not look favorably on those who knew about it and did nothing.

What is happening to Uyghurs and other Turkic people in West China today is common knowledge by now.

I now am pleased to introduce Representative Jennifer Wexton of Virginia, who has emerged as a champion for human rights in this Congress.

Today I am proud to announce the release of a new China Commission report detailing how global supply chains are tainted with goods and products made with forced labor in Xinjiang.

This is not just us getting together and condemning the human rights atrocities and the forced labor in Xinjiang.

It's going to take a lot of work and a lot of effort for us to continue to beat this drum to get people to acknowledge these atrocities

So today I am pleased to announce that Senator Rubio, Congressman Chris Smith, Senator Merkley, Congressman Suozzi, Congresswoman Wexton, myself, and other Members are introducing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Words, however, are not enough. And we must act and respond quickly to these horrific crimes.

Now's the time to reassess.

this is one of the world's largest human rights tragedies.

I want to thank my colleagues for their good work.

Congressman McGovern, Senator Rubio, and distinguished members of the Commission, thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today on behalf of my own missing family members and the millions of Uyghurs disappeared into China's…

We have come together on this issue. And I want to emphasize that point.