Jim McGovern

So maybe we ought to be talking about making work pay a little bit better and maybe increase the minimum wage.

I think the benefit is, in my opinion, not generous enough.

I mean, we live in a country where there are 50 million people who are hungry or food insecure.

SNAP is an important work support.

SNAP is a powerful antipoverty program.

SNAP growth was not a result of waste or fraud.

SNAP also improves the long-term outcomes and self-sufficiency for individuals who received its benefits as children.

SNAP is designed to provide a basic nutrition benefit to low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities who cannot afford an adequate diet.

I don't know too many millionaires who are dying to get on SNAP.

If that is the case in New Mexico someone ought to be fired, because that is not the case anyplace else.

SNAP is highly responsive to need.

This is very much consistent with the law.

I want to publicly thank the governors, and praise these governors who have taken action for preventing these cuts from taking effect.

That means in the Heat and Eat States a family of three could see an average of $120 per month cut in their SNAP benefit, which is just unconscionable.

We should get serious about increasing the minimum wage so that work in this country actually pays.

And the sad reality is that they are working at wages that are so low that they still qualify for this benefit.

The voices of those who are most desperate, who are most vulnerable, the voices of the poor, weren't heard adequately.

Lloyd's takes its commitments to its policyholders extremely seriously, and whether it is after a natural catastrophe event or after a terrorism event, we will continue to provide as much capacity as we are able to.

That is a matter for Congress and the Federal Government.

The insurance industry will deal with the insured losses as it has always done--

Lloyd's is in favor of a long-term extension to TRIA.

But in the short term, it is important that the Administration make it clear that a cut of $16.5 billion is unacceptable.

How would these cuts impact the ability of low-income rural families to purchase food?

A cut of $16.5 billion is unacceptable.

I think we need the Administration to draw a line in the sand that enough is enough.