Don Bacon actually said...

"The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow-citizens in misfortune."

"I believe more justified than any government program is the expectation that the Federal Government should restrain itself to that list of 'few and defined' powers."

"One thing is clear from the testimony today. SNAP has absolutely been an essential support throughout this pandemic, and will continue to be crucial for economic recovery as we climb our way out of it..."

"the challenges posed by the [COVID]-19 pandemic to the nation's nutrition safety net have put into stark relief the need to modernize the country's nutrition assistance programs"