"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank the panel for being here today."
"If I am choosing between feeding my child and having a roof over my child's head, or be homeless..."
"Are there strategies in place to deal with that reality, so that we don't create a situation where we are penalizing unnecessarily folks who, without these benefits, have no other options to feed thei..."
"I come from a state where we still have the hungriest children in the country, that is an untenable situation."
"We need to give them more options for food purchasing, we need to encourage marketers of fresh vegetables and fruit to open farmers' markets in these communities."
"And my hope in every hearing, but particularly these kind of hearings, where the stakes are so high, that we do everything in our power to do things that we can do right now."
"I wish that wasn't the case. I wish none of us had those real harmful criminal activities or issues that we have to deal with in our communities."
"We have a responsibility in this institution, as well as our private-sector partners, and other public sector partners, to do something to make sure that we eradicate those issues, poverty and hunger,..."
"I am concerned with the oil prices which have dropped more than 50 percent since last June."
"I mean I am hearing--there is some evidence that would suggest that the hedges and speculation have some effect to what--and I want to understand exactly----"
"A dollar reduction in the price of oil reduces New Mexico's state revenue from this direct source by $7.5 million."