The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, is one of the most effective tools that we have to combat hunger and food insecurity.

I am committed to ensuring that each and every student can access the internet at home so we can close this homework gap once and for all.

The climate crisis presents a significant challenge to everyone, not just a select few.

Food distribution programs have played a critical role in addressing food insecurity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This fleecing of the trust fund and taxpayers has occurred under DOL's nose, despite the Department's power to prevent it . . . The winners are the coal operators and their Wall Street creditors. The losers are the American taxpayers.

Today's hearing is an opportunity to discuss how to strengthen workers' compensation programs which play an essential role in assisting workers disabled or fallen ill from their job.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of underlying issues with our supply chain, but perhaps the clearest, the fragility of our food supply chain.

This pandemic has certainly put us in mind of all the various ways that our communities must pull together.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and amen to that.

the lack of affordable housing units harms our communities.

Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough.

housing is infrastructure.