On the recordJune 20, 2013
Mr. Chairman, I speak in opposition to this amendment. This is really a very poorly conceived amendment that would require all non-disabled individuals to participate in a job search every month or immediately lose benefits, even if the individual is already working or even if the individual is a child, a minor. This amendment would increase the SNAP cuts by 50 percent to $31 billion, instead of the $21.5 billion. It would immediately subject 2 million jobless, childless adults to harsh benefit cuts. It would slash benefits for 2 million people about $90 a month. It would eliminate all the SNAP employment and training funds, eliminate nutrition education, impose new job search requirements on all people, even if they're working, and it would send people into a deep, deep depression. I think that this is an amendment that we should oppose.
