[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 18, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             The SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, sometimes we use words like ``SNAP,'' and 
people don't know what it means. SNAP means Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program. It's supplemental to what people receive. 
Nutrition, that's its main purpose, and it just gives assistance.
  What we are proposing to vote on is a bill that would cut $40 billion 
from SNAP. What it means--and this is something that's very important 
for us to recognize--is it means children will lose access to things 
like free school lunches. For some children, that's the best meal of 
the day that they have. We know hundreds of thousands will lose that.
  Mr. Speaker, 1.7 million people, 850,000 households will be reduced 
by $90 a month. Think about your own budgets and think about what $90 
will mean for a family that needs assistance. And in addition, this 
bill will ask disabled people to work 20 hours a week before they can 
even qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance.
  Mr. Speaker, this is a mean-spirited measure, and Congress should not 
be defined by that.

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