Mike Conaway: “We need another round of welfare reform so that we can actually have a safety net pulling people from poverty, from…”

I want to specifically thank Chairman Takano and Ranking Member Roe for bringing this bill to the floor and allowing this much-deserved recognition of two young heroes from Odessa, Texas. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the official…

The contract Borden was awarded through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program enabled us to preserve employment and benefits for our people.

Before I get to the heart of what I came here to talk about, I would encourage the two gentleman who just spoke to sign the discharge petition on the bill that would do much of what he just talked about, and that is reopen the PPP program…

And I am relieved that the final farm bill that reflected the negotiation between the House and Senate basically cut out all of this language that would have punished low-income people in this country.