"It is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way to keep our families strong, and our economy strong, and our country co..."
"We have to make sure that our food supply is secure, and that means protecting our families from unsafe food."
"I do look forward to working with both of you, and Vice Chair Collins, and everyone on this subcommittee, as we return to regular order for the first time in years."
"I am very concerned about the House GOP calling for steep cuts to critical programs like our Federal Food Assistance."
"I really understand how important this is for people, and I am focused on making sure that we support SNAP."
"I absolutely agree."
"Do you agree that it is workers who get to decide whether they want a union?"
"I have listened carefully and throughout your testimony, you have made it very clear that Starbucks prefers its workers not to be unionized."
"I have even heard reports, so you know, about uncertainty for union employees about whether or not they would receive abortion travel benefits, which all your workers receive."
"I have also heard allegations that Starbucks has interfered with employees' ability to testify, including in Seattle, where an administrative law judge found that Starbucks did that."
"Thank you, very much Chairman Tester, Vice Chair Collins, really appreciate it."
"The Navy's long-term commitment to Everett and Snohomish County, my State, is really clear."