Alma Adams: “My question, Mr. Chairman, has to do with our HBCUs and specifically our 1890 Land-Grant Universities who specialize in…”

The $30 billion SNAP cut alongside the provisions you highlight today does a disservice to families in farm country.

The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.

Tipped workers are unfortunately paid less per hour than non-tipped workers, and they have less access to benefits.

In one of the richest countries in the world, no one working full-time should be living in poverty.