Annie Kuster
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Annie L. McLane Kuster is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Kuster has focused on issues such as healthcare, women's rights, and economic development throughout her tenure in Congress. She has been an advocate for expanding access to affordable healthcare and has worked on initiatives to support small businesses in her district.
Well, they need to drive around my district, because these are not restaurants. This is just the only place to get it, it may be a braised chicken.
I come from a rural district, so sadly, there are places where you have to travel a long way to get healthy food.
the two-for-one SNAP benefits is really great, and gives the farmers some reliability too. It improves their marketing.
What is interesting is we did the two for one SNAP benefit at the farmers' markets, which is hugely successful in my district.
let's not layer on the guilt to the working mom because she is not making the sliced potatoes au gratin from scratch, or whatever.
I come from a rural district in New Hampshire, the western part of the state, a lot of small towns. And we have talked in this Committee before, in particular during the farm bill, about food deserts.
It is hard to buy fresh ingredients and have them still fresh by the time you get around to a day when you do have time.
Thank you, Mr. Guinta. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal). (Mr. NEAL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
For the record, this concept of bringing the faces of addiction to the floor of the House was the idea of the gentlewoman from Illinois. I thank her for that. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg).
We have taken our 45 minutes, this is the 45th. We just have one 1-minute. This is a very important topic for the country.





