"I will do whatever it takes to make sure that hungry people are fed. We are in the richest nation in the world."
"I don't have a problem with whistleblowers. I really don't."
"I take hunger very seriously, because I know what hunger does to children."
"Now, there are allegations seemingly every day on the floor of the House that my party doesn't authentically care about poor people."
"Let's be honest. We all know that most people are really honest and that some people, a minority, will take advantage of any program."
"Ninety-nine percent of them will continue to qualify or be eligible for that program."
"This gentleman told the truth. He didn't commit a single act of fraud. All he did was tell the truth in the application."
"I am interested in working with you to root out waste, fraud, and abuse wherever it is."
"We need the SNAP program, and we need it to be effective."
"There are times when broad-based categorical eligibility is, frankly, an embarrassment."
"We should make no doubt about it: We need the SNAP program, and we need it to be effective."