Representative Lee, if you would yield to one more question since we are talking about the bad math that we all too often see from the other side of the aisle: Didn't we also, during the budget, see some incredibly bad math when it came to…

Thank you, Representative Lee. Representative Lee and I and Representative Moore all serve on the Budget Committee, and we have had a lot of time to see the Paul Ryan Republican budget. When you talk about the SNAP program, I will just…

Thank you, Representative Davis, so much for all of your advocacy on behalf of those who are struggling to be in the middle class and for making sure we can try to reduce poverty. Representative Davis is right. There are a couple of…

Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to be here today on behalf of the Progressive Caucus, along with other members of the Progressive Caucus. We have long fought for the middle class and those aspiring to be in the middle class. Today…

Again, thank you, Representative Lee. I appreciate it. Your final comments about how hard it is to actually be able to eat a block grant, perhaps, is part of the problem of why we don't quite trust what we see in that it will work as…

Again, thank you so much, Representative DeLauro, for your many years of service to this body and to the people of the country and fighting for those who need help the most. I now would like to yield to another colleague of mine, but I am…

Thank you, Representative Jackson Lee, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

Thank you, Representative Jeffries. I, too, am skeptical. Having served on the Budget Committee with you, we have seen two different Paul Ryans. We are hoping that maybe this is a reformed Paul Ryan, but we are also fearful this is just a…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio, Representative Ryan, for all you have done in your relentless fight on behalf of the workers in your district, and thank you so much, again, for being here today. Finally, I would like to yield to a…

Thank you, Representative Moore. You have been an advocate your entire life for those who are most needy, those trying to aspire to be in the middle class. Thank you for all that you do, and so articulately explaining the problems with…

Thank you, Representative Takano, for all the work you are doing. Mr. Speaker, next I would like to yield to a colleague of mine from the great State of Wisconsin (Ms. Moore), a great friend of mine going back to the days in the State…