Last year I expressed my frustration that your budget would leave more Americans hungry and increase hunger and insecurity around the world.

Given these facts, why on earth would this Administration propose eliminating the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which distributes meals to the elderly?

Our Nation still grieves the loss of a great New Yorker, Louise Slaughter. I will never forget when Louise and I, still just junior Congresswomen at the time, charged up the steps of the U.S. Senate to demand that Anita Hill be allowed to…

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…

Because of McGovern-Dole, the World Food Program estimates enrollment of girls in school in Pakistan has increased 135 percent.

You have heard from Secretary Mattis regarding if we do away with food, then we need more bullets.

I find it hard to believe that you will tout this budget to the men and women you used to represent in Georgia.

It is just a mean way to hit Americans who need a hand up, not a handout.

I would not want to have to depend upon a box of nonperishable for feeding my family.

I think the Administration's idea that these were possibly duplicative, I think the real issue that I would want to emphasize today is that we would ask that if money is restored for this that it be in the form of allowing American…

Frankly, this year's budget is worse. It doubles down on harmful cuts and, frankly, adds condescending proposals that disrespect American citizens.

I do hope that we can modify the request from the Administration because it sounds to me, from your response, that we could agree a lot more than disagree.