Mike Conaway

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for his comments and opinions on this issue. I hope his support draws Members of the other side of the aisle to our arguments and to make this happen. The gentleman mentioned the price he paid in…

The United States has long been the leader in the fight against global hunger.

America's farmers are the most productive in the world, and without question, generate the safest and highest-quality food available.

We already have a case study of what block granting SNAP looks like. It is in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Whatever our political stripes may be, we have shared responsibilities.

If I have one critique of the program, it is that the benefit is not adequate to meet a family's needs.

I thank Chairman Royce for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the approval process that is going on and the underlying deal with Iran. It is one of the most consequential foreign policy issues that we will confront…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman is correct. This is a perfect example of why passage of this legislation is so important.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It certainly is our understanding that products--and sugar is a good example of those--may come from a GE crop, but the finished product has no genetic material in it.

The American people demand that we hold government accountable for the responsible stewardship of their taxpayer dollars.

At the heart of that plan would be strengthening SNAP, and other anti-hunger programs, helping families put food on the table.

Ultimately, hunger is a political condition.

Under his leadership, THI thinks outside the box to develop and implement true public-private partnerships with all levels of government and types of community-based organizations to reduce hunger in Texas and beyond.

Throughout this process, we have had an eye towards strengthening SNAP so that it doesn't become a trap, but rather a tool to help individuals move up the economic ladder.

What we really need is a national conversation about how we can better tackle hunger in this country.

How do we make sure that the folks who perpetrated that problem... are not dealing with those folks again 2 years later?

We know that work is the best way to help individuals climb the economic ladder, and we must ensure that our policies reward that work.

We need another round of welfare reform so that we can actually have a safety net pulling people from poverty, from welfare, into work, into a better life.

I fear it is shortsighted to charge ahead with efforts to transition Title II into a program virtually indistinguishable from the cash assistance programs already provided for by the Foreign Assistance Act.

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho).

May I inquire as to how much time is left on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 16 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Minnesota has 16 minutes remaining.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King), who has worked really hard on this particular piece of legislation.

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott), the ranking member on the Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee.

And I rise in support of H.R. 2393, the Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015. Mandatory country of origin labeling is really a marketing program, a heavy-handed approach by this Federal Government to demand a marketing program…

I thank the gentleman from Washington State for giving me the opportunity to testify today regarding the rule governing debate on H.R. 2393, the Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015. Country of origin labeling, or COOL for…