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.

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.

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…

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

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…

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

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.

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

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

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.

What specific outreach or strategies have you used to let these farmers know that they are now qualified?

I want you to know that your Congresswoman fights every day to represent not only you but people like you all across this country.

I think that the 2018 mid-term election is proof positive of the need for a stronger Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Chief Justice Roberts, if you are listening, they should always be under preclearance.

It is unfortunate that we are making it harder for people to vote and not easier for people to vote.

It is incumbent upon Congress to come up with a modern-day formula.

It is very befitting, Madam Chairwoman, that we are here in Alabama, befitting that this Subcommittee would come here to Alabama to hold one of its seven field hearings.

People who are left out need to vote just out of spite so that these people will stop treating you the way that they do.

That is the only time in this country that every single one of us is equal, is on election day.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

After all, it was the citizens of Alabama, many the city citizens of my Congressional district, that had the audacity to march, pray, and die for the sacred right to vote, which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

It's crucial that we address the ongoing challenges to voting rights in our communities.

We have been traveling the country a bit just getting data and information about voting irregularities, voter suppression, et cetera.