"Hearing held on June 4, 2019."
"Congress must do its part to restore bipartisan support for vital nutrition programs that tens of millions of children across the country rely on every single day."
"The future of our country depends on it."
"For the Federal Government to fulfill its responsibility to set the future of our country on a path to success, FNS must recommit to providing basic nutrition assistance to those who need it most."
"It feels unacceptable for the Department to have evidence from its own evaluations that a program reduces severe child hunger and then nevertheless the program is cut."
"When children are hungry they can't learn. Restricting access to nutrition assistance programs will prevent children from reaching their full potential."
"We should all be uniting in support of these valuable evidence-based programs, yet under this administration FNS has repeatedly rolled back nutrition standards."
"All of these actions together reveal a Department of Agriculture that is not adhering to its commitment to provide basic nutrition assistance for the children and families who need it most."
"I think we should give the districts options to streamline enrollment in school meal programs and CEP is a key part of that."
"Well, it is interesting, if we all agree that the Oregon Summer EBT Program reduced very low food insecurity, why did the Department decide to end funding to Oregon, therefore putting those children o..."
"I want to congratulate our school nutrition professionals who helped make that happen."