your budget would cut the USDA budget by 32 percent; threaten the ability of some poor rural communities to access clean drinking water; jeopardize SNAP benefits for 46 million Americans; reduce nutritional foods for women, infants, and children; eliminate Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole, which feeds vulnerable children across the globe.
Lowey outlines the negative impacts of the proposed budget cuts.
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we cannot allow a return to a familiar and unstable status quo which repeatedly increases violence and animosity while rendering a final resolution of the conflict impossible.
Congress has the unique opportunity to support the Administration in creating a new strategy that takes a long-term approach.
I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my friend, the distinguished chair of the subcommittee that does so much good work here.
I am delighted to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the chair of the Committee on Financial Services.
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