[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DRASTIC CUTS TO SNAP

  (Mr. KILMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in opposition to the 
drastic cuts proposed to the supplemental nutrition program, better 
known as SNAP. The SNAP program helps millions of Americans in need, 
including 16 percent of the residents of my State, put food on the 
table, provide for their families, and get back on their feet.
  This is a sad day because the House will soon vote to cut $40 
billion--an enormous amount--from the SNAP program. But this isn't 
about government programs. It's not even about dollars. It's about 6 
million Americans. It's about dismantling a highly effective program 
that my home State has used to get people back to work.
  In these tough economic times we should be helping folks get back on 
their feet. We shouldn't be asking the least fortunate among us to 
shoulder the burden for a Congress that can't get its act together and 
pass a budget.
  Martin Luther King, Jr., once said:

       Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in 
     any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the 
     scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic 
     necessities of life? There is no deficit in human resource. 
     The deficit is in human will.

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