[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Madam Speaker, I come to the floor today opposed to 
looming cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. 
I urge the House Agriculture Committee and this Congress to refrain 
from slashing funding for this vital program.
  SNAP is our Nation's most important antihunger program. It provides 
food assistance to approximately 46 million Americans and it kept 4.7 
million people out of poverty in 2011, including 2.1 million children.
  SNAP has cut the number of children living in extreme poverty in 
half. We should not be cutting the safety net for our most vulnerable 
while maintaining costly government subsidies for the well-off and the 
junk food, oil, and gas industries.
  A Nevada child in my district who receives $1.48 per meal is not the 
problem with the Federal budget. The problem is corporate welfare and 
the special interest giveaways that litter our Tax Code.
  I urge my colleagues not to cut SNAP and to invest in our children 
and their nutrition safety.

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