"SNAP also supports local economies because those purchases are made at local stores."
"we should frankly just allow full-time students access to the SNAP programs."
"I am a cosponsor of Representative Gomez's EATS Act (H.R. 1919, Enhance Access To SNAP Act of 2021)."
"SNAP is a vital resource for these families and millions of others across this country."
"We have to figure out how to refresh these rules that are just wildly out of sync with what the reality is."
"Food is preventative medicine if you choose the right foods."
"Today, I would like to focus on The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP."
"They saw a 700 percent increase in customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
"Cascadia Produce is championing a new model of coordinated collaboration to act as an incubator."
"Federal investment through TEFAP and other feeding programs... has the potential to act as a catalyst."
"So that is why I am working on legislation that would improve our food and agricultural supply chain by modifying the procurement side of TEFAP to provide emergency feeding organizations with better a..."
"I really appreciate those relationships. That is why the legislation I am working on now is really going to get funding hopefully to the states to get down to the most local communities to do exactly ..."