Alma Adams: “Thank you for your testimony. It is nice to see a fellow North Carolinian and an Aggie in the committee room.”

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

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

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

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