"Well, hello, there's a big difference now. It's everywhere. And so we have to address this in a bipartisan way."
"We need to reject this latest proposal in a string of terrible proposals, this sabotage of the United States civil service."
"What makes the Trump administration's proposal so disappointing is that it comes after the President and the Republicans in Congress enacted $1.5 trillion in tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corpo..."
"Why would someone need SNAP benefits if they're working, and they're playing by the rules, and they're going to work every day?"
"Were there any work requirements imposed on the big tax bill that gave hundreds of billions of dollars to wealthy investors?"
"How many people lost their jobs after the 2008 mortgage meltdown crisis, which accounted for a large part of the dramatic increase in people on SNAP after President Obama took office?"
"I agree that all able-bodied Americans should be engaged in productive work and not sitting around all day tweeting or filing bankruptcy or watching TV."
"But it is misguided for us to think of the collection of SNAP benefits as somehow opposed to work."
"SNAP is, of course, America's most important antihunger program. It reduces poverty and food insecurity, and improves health and economic outcomes for more than 42 million Americans, especially childr..."
"This is a program that, I think, matters to every Member of Congress. Americans in every single congressional district benefit from SNAP."
"I have always been a champion for the right of people to organize and to have collective bargaining in the workplace."