Marcia Fudge

People know that it is labor unions who created the middle class in this country.

The economy is not as great as they say?

I hope maybe 1 day you all will support a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her own body.

He made a comment that what happened in North Carolina is legal in most other places, which, in fact, is not true.

But he made a comment on the record that I really wanted to clarify.

I represent one of poorest districts in the United States. They come to my office every day wanting to find a job.

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.

More than 98,000 North Carolinians and 35,000 children would lose food assistance, including school meals for children, if this flexibility is eliminated.

There is something that is not quite right. But please let me know what your progress is on that.

Let me just say that the Speaker of the House has made diversity one of her main issues.

If you are having problems finding them, we know people everywhere, and we can make recommendations to you.

Diversity in the workforce is a top priority of mine.

If we can just do it in one fell swoop or if we can make sure that children are taken care of with one application process versus another, why create more bureaucracy, to use an argument that would support your line of thinking on this…

I believe these ill-conceived attempts to eliminate broad-based cat-el were unsuccessful, in part, because cat-el is a state option that is widely used.

The purpose of today's hearing is to examine the impact of any potential action by the Administration to eliminate or dramatically restrict the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's use of categorical eligibility.

I am willing and eager to engage my Republican colleagues in a conversation about how to make this program more effective and accessible to hungry Americans...

Again I ask, what do Congressional Republicans and this Administration have against poor people?

According to the Congressional Budget Office, eliminating broad-based cat-el would mean 400,000 eligible households would lose SNAP benefits.

I think it is really a shame that we would treat people who we don't even know, make them believe that we think that they are lazy, make them believe that we think that they are not worthy or deserving of the benefits that this government…

It is absolutely dishonest and immoral for anyone to suggest that poor people do not want to work.

When there is no confidence in the leadership of the department, you get reports like you just saw, with morale low, people not believing in their leadership.

When we are using taxpayers' dollars, we need to have the highest standards.

I think it is important to be upfront about what we are dealing with.

The amount of land owned by African Americans has plunged over the past century from about 15 million acres now down to about 2 million.

I live on the Great Lakes. I live in the State of Ohio. Water quality is a major concern for us.