Political Quotes

“And I believe I have the right to close. Is that correct? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas is correct. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Let me thank my colleagues who have come to the floor to speak in support of an amendment that I and dozens and dozens of other Members have authored to repeal the SNAP cuts, to repeal the $20.5 billion worth of cuts in SNAP that will result in 2 million people losing the benefit, and hundreds of thousands of children losing a free breakfast or lunch at school. That cut is too much. It is too harsh. It is a deal breaker for many of us when it comes to the farm bill. What we should be about in this House of Representatives is to improve the quality of life for people, lift people up, not put people down, and these cuts put people down. We can do much better. Again, I thank my colleagues for coming to the floor and look forward to more debate on this.”