Jim McGovern

The committee must ensure that there are consequences for such a stunning lack of urgency on the part of the Colombian state to protect and defend human rights and social leaders.

I personally don't believe in aerial fumigation for a whole bunch of reasons. I think environmentally it is bad.

That is a slap in the face to the constitutional authority of this committee and this Congress and we should not stand for it.

We need to make sure he walks the walk.

I think that is not honest budgeting, not only for this generation, but for generations to come.

I think it ought not to be used, as I think this Administration is contemplating using it, as a leverage.

I have told Secretary Mnuchin that I am for a clean debt limit extension, and I will vote for it.

The debt limit is a phony political issue that we get wrapped around the axle.

The debt and deficits that we incur are not labeled defense and non-defense. Nor even are they labeled entitlements. They are just the deficit that all of our kids are going to have to pay.

I cannot use as a backdoor by exempting nearly $200 billion in additional defense spending from its BCA cap, while slashing non-defense spending well below the sequester level in the name of fiscal austerity.

I was disappointed to learn that the Trump Administration intends to send us a budget next week that rejects the existing bipartisan consensus enshrined in the last three BCA caps.

I believe it is critical that we achieve a bipartisan agreement on how to replace sequester-level spending caps for both defense and non-defense appropriations for the coming fiscal year as soon as possible.

We bear responsibility in working to end hunger, and I will continue to advocate fiercely for our most vulnerable communities.

Since the President assumed power in 2017, nutrition programs have been under constant attack.

The average SNAP benefit is $1.40 per person per meal. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for that.

As Members of Congress, we should be ashamed of that. We should be demanding that that reality change.

Hawaii is closer to Asia than it is to Washington, D.C.

Because the longer we wait, the worse these options become.

We need to return also to regular order. We need to pass both the budget and stand-alone appropriations legislation on time, every time.

We do need a budget that is not just an aspirational exercise, but instead a document that comprehensively addresses our nation's needs and expenses.

Next year we will spend more money on interest payments on the debt than all federal funding.

This is a very complicated population, and I want to know what the research is and what the data is that the Department is using to basically justify this rule change.

Able-bodied adults without dependents, as I said, are a complex, already vulnerable demographic.

The average person on SNAP is on the benefit for less than a year.

I would be interested in hearing your views on what you plan for SNAP.