Political Quotes

“I am going to yield to Senator Merkley in a second. First, I want to say to the senior Senator from Oregon, when you talk about the Oregon Way, this needs to be the American way. This is the American way. Right now, the average food benefit under SNAP is $4.17 a day for a person. Think about going to the grocery store--$4.17 a day. We are asking for a 15-percent increase during this pandemic. We ought to all be looking at these numbers and going: Come on, the America way ought to be to make sure somebody can put food on the table for the children and that they are not eating a Milky Way until they can get to school. I am going to now turn to Senator Merkley. I want to give a shout-out to Senator Merkley, who is the ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Subcommittee of Appropriations, extremely important. He is such a wonderful partner and advocate on all of the food access issues and healthy food issues and so on. We are so lucky to have Senator Merkley in the position that he is in. I will turn to Senator Merkley. I yield time to Senator Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.”