On the recordJuly 11, 2013
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I've listened to this debate over the last, actually, month since I'm a member of the committee of jurisdiction, and I have listened to my Christian friends, my religious friends, talk about their hearts. I want every one of them who goes to the prayer meetings and to all of the things that they do here every week to go and see how many times ``poor'' is mentioned in the Bible and how many times ``hungry'' is mentioned in the Bible because, if we are to say today that feeding hungry children and seniors and veterans and the disabled is relegated to being extraneous, we are not who we say we are. It is a sad day for America and this country when we want to separate farmers from food and the people they feed. We are going down a path of no return, and I urge all who believe they are Christians to vote ``no'' on this bill.
