[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 99 (Thursday, July 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H4374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE FARM BILL

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, SNAP, food stamps, however you 
phrase it, is fundamental to the nutrition that will supplement 
millions of Americans: Blacks, Whites, feeble seniors, struggling 
mothers, disabled veterans, and hungry children.
  Mr. Speaker, it was reported to me that there are seniors in my 
district who eat dog food when their food stamps run out. I was 
appalled and went to see for myself, and I was dumbfounded. I fixed the 
situation, but I'm sure that somewhere in America today some poor soul 
is relying on dog food to take them through the month.
  Mr. Speaker, please do not hurt or destroy what is a mainstay in the 
lives of so many Americans who are just trying to get by. Do not remove 
nutrition, including the food stamp program, from the farm bill. It's 
wrong, it's punitive, and it's cruel.

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