"I want to add that I am very glad that everyone--every Member of the committee who has expressed an opinion agrees that pregnant workers should be protected in the workplace."
"I hope that every committee member here today can agree that Congress must act now in a bipartisan manner to provide all pregnant workers access to workplace gender equity, healthy pregnancies, financ..."
"We know that both residential and commercial buildings are notoriously challenging to decarbonize."
"Federal efforts are critical, as well, to be complementary."
"Today we will examine a Department of Agriculture proposal that will eliminate automatic access to free school meals for close to one million children and threaten their food security."
"According to the Department's own analysis released late yesterday afternoon, its proposed changes to SNAP will cut automatic access to free school meals for close to one million children."
"Shockingly, the Department failed to disclose this analysis when it published its proposal, despite being required to do so."
"So we have had a lot of conversations in this Committee about SNAP and school meals."
"But is correct that 93 percent of those children would only be eligible for reduced priced meals if they apply?"
"It is not reasonable to assume that every child who is financially eligible will end up receiving the benefit they need to thrive."
"The USDA can and should be better for Americans, children, and families."
"We know extreme weather events like Hurricane Dorian, for example, remind us of how important that legislation was."