"the average SNAP benefit is about $1.40 per person per meal. You can't even buy a cup of coffee for that."
"there are close to 40 million people in this country who don't know where their next meal is going to come from."
"more than 98,000 North Carolinians and 35,000 children would lose food assistance, including school meals for children"
"I represent one of poorest districts in the United States. They come to my office every day wanting to find a job."
"What we expect is that people, decent people, in this country would do the right thing and try to help people as opposed to hurt them."
"we should be talking about how you expand that benefit, and instead we are talking about how we can throw people off of the benefit."
"He intentionally defrauded the Federal Government. That is, in my opinion, breaking the law."
"It was clear that it was just yet another part of this attack on poor people."
"You willfully and maliciously gained SNAP benefits. You, an alleged millionaire, used mischaracterizations of your finances to cheat the program."
"we need to be thinking about how we can do what Dr. Davis is doing in Mississippi and craft supports that make it easier for them to work."
"If you want to talk about defrauding the Federal Government, I mean, we ought to take a good look at defense contractors and all the cost overruns."