05/06/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"According to the Congressional Budget Office, eliminating broad-based cat-el would mean 400,000 eligible households would lose SNAP benefits."
"I represent one of poorest districts in the United States. They come to my office every day wanting to find a job."
"More than 98,000 North Carolinians and 35,000 children would lose food assistance, including school meals for children, if this flexibility is eliminated."
"I am strongly opposed to a similar change in the farm bill, because, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it would take school meals away from 265,000 children nationwide."