[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SNAP CUTS TO VETERANS

  (Ms. BROWNLEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, over 68,000 Ventura County 
residents in my district rely on SNAP benefits to make ends meet and 
put food on the table. More than half of those 68,000 people are 
children. The bill before us today won't create jobs or improve our 
economy. It simply makes it harder for families, including our Nation's 
veterans, to feed their children.
  From 2008 to 2011, SNAP food purchases tripled at commissaries 
throughout the country, which are open to military families and 
veterans. Currently, 900,000 veterans across the country receive SNAP 
benefits. Under H.R. 3102, benefits would be cut for as many as 170,000 
veterans, and some would lose their benefits entirely.
  A vote for this bill is a vote to let millions of children, seniors, 
people with disabilities, and veterans go hungry. I urge my colleagues 
to join me in fighting hunger in America by opposing this bill.

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