John Fetterman

To see people who blew up this deficit so that the wealthiest people in America could have tax cuts... that makes no sense to me.

We reduced hunger in the United States by 30 percent, and we did not add a single bureaucrat to the Federal Government to do it.

The idea that we would be threatening to blow up our credit rating over the school lunch program or over SNAP does not make any sense to me.

I appreciate your leadership, and Senator Braun's, with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

I believe we can solve hunger. I believe that we can take what works, and we have seen a lot of things that are working across the country.

Each and every one of those people are Americans, and they should have the same access to vital programs.

We are facing, in this country, also, not just a hunger crisis but a nutrition crisis.

It is outrageous that people who have drug convictions cannot get SNAP.

SNAP is great. It needs to become a nutrition program.

Food banks are really critical for the support and foundation of SNAP.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, was established to provide emergency food assistance to low-income individuals.

I am concerned about proposals to limit this.

I also plan to introduce legislation, the HAND UP Act, that will ensure SNAP is implemented in a way that measurably improves the employment outcomes of able-bodied Americans.

I look forward to working with Chairman Fetterman to find bipartisan solutions.

I think whenever we entertain any of this we have got to make sure that we are getting value out of whatever we are proposing.

This work requirement has been in place since 1996, and was passed with bipartisan support, including that of Senator Joe Biden.

Hunger is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It is all of our issue that we have to take on.

Protecting SNAP and preventing fraud is not a Republican or a Democratic issue, though. I think everyone agrees on that.

It is outrageous that people who have drug convictions cannot get SNAP.

We are facing, in this country, also, not just a hunger crisis but a nutrition crisis.

SNAP is great. It needs to become a nutrition program.

SNAP has work requirements. As Senator Braun said, general work requirements have been a law since 1977.

Our nutrition programs in the farm bill provide a modest but incredibly important support for Americans who need to put food on their tables.

Food banks are really critical for the support and foundation of SNAP.

States are really in the best position to evaluate the needs of their communities.