Stacey Plaskett actually said...

"These statistics are stunning, but they are also very tragic."

"SNAP is the lifeline that helps them put food on the table and ensures their children... are not hungry and ready to learn."

"Poverty in the twenty-first century is a shameful reality for our nation, and in the Virgin Islands, child poverty is heartbreaking."

"I really wanted to thank you for all of the work that your agency does and to talk to you about one of the primary things that you all do is uncovering waste and fraud and abuse."