"If any of my colleagues want to join some of us in raising that to a $14 level, I welcome them to do so."
"It is unacceptable that military families struggle to put food on the table in the richest, most powerful country in the world."
"I refuse to accept senseless changes to SNAP that would harm our nation's servicemembers, veterans, and any other vulnerable Americans."
"But when we came to the table to negotiate on the debt ceiling, what my Republican colleagues asked for was increases to our military budget, which has been increased year after year, even though the ..."
"SNAP is one of the largest anti-hunger, anti-poverty initiatives in this nation. More than 42 million Americans depend on SNAP each month, including 15.3 million children; 108,000 of those children li..."
"Hungry kids don't learn, and hunger and poverty are a significant driver to poor learning outcomes, and many families are unable to purchase or access the food their children need to reach their full ..."
"I remain outraged that the Republicans demanded more older Americans be subject to SNAP's harsh time limits on benefits as part of the debt limit agreement."
"Leaving people hungry will not help our economy, it will not create jobs, or balance the budget."
"Millions of elderly Americans, our seniors, our grandparents, our retirees, our neighbors, they are going to bed hungry."
"Clearly, I am going to use up all of my time ranting about this, but the fact is we are here today to talk about making more cuts, to making it more restrictive, to making it more difficult, and I can..."
"Work requirements are in place, and so I submit for the record--or I ask unanimous consent to submit for the record the statute related to existing work requirements, which do indeed already exist for..."
"So, we are not disadvantaging veterans by removing a hurdle for them to have access to affordable food, is that correct?"