José E. Serrano: “first of all, I am confident that both the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm)…”

“first of all, I am confident that both the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm) have heard enough comments and concerns today so that they will go into that conference doing what needs to be done on behalf of people who are hungry and who are in need of the food stamp program. I would like to echo the comments made by other Members here today, the fact that this is a very difficult situation. On one hand, we want to be supportive of agricultural research. On the other hand, we know that so much good can come of the food stamp program, more so than we have had up to now, especially in the area of legal immigrants. And so my role today here is again to echo what the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) said before. I will do nothing to stop this resolution from leaving the House. I will be supportive of its passage, in the hope that we come back with a conference report that I will not have to oppose, a conference report that will take into consideration the balance that is needed in this issue.”