The cost of this entire bill that we're talking about nutrition and nonnutrition, is $2 billion, compared to $19 billion addressing just the issues relating to falls.
I think one of the main points that I want to make this morning... is that investing in seniors, making sure that seniors have the nutrition...
What we've heard from Dr. Koren is that in fact as a nation we are unnecessarily spending many, many billions of dollars because seniors are...
Are we happy with that as a nation?
I believe... that prevention, keeping people healthy, taking care of their needs at home, does actually save money.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record on behalf of Feeding America.
I don't want to see one senior in this country go hungry. It's the morally right thing to do, and from a fiscally conservative point of view...
We look forward to working with the groups in the aging network, Congress and the Administration to advance the interests, independence, and...
Let me ask you this. Can you give us a rough estimate as to how many seniors today as we speak are not getting the nutrition that they need?
Today in America we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on Earth.
We have 70 programs doing the same thing. I think we need to ask the question, how do we get rid of duplicate programs?