Political Quotes

“I call up amendment No. 961, as provided for under the previous order, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Nevada [Ms. Cortez Masto] proposes an amendment numbered 961 to amendment No. 948. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require a report relating to the challenges that food distribution programs face in reaching underserved populations) At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, insert the following: report on food distribution programs reaching underserved populations Sec. 7__. The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study on the challenges that the food distribution program on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) and other food distribution programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture face in reaching underserved populations, with an emphasis on the homebound and the elderly, to better capture data on the population of people unable to physically travel to a distribution location for food. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.”