[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6474-H6475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE 2018 FARM BILL

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, soon, the House will vote 
to go to conference with the Senate on the 2018 farm bill. As vice 
chair of the House Agriculture Committee, I urge my colleagues to vote 
in favor of moving this important process forward.
  As chairman of the Nutrition Subcommittee, I am proud of the 
provisions we have included to give many Americans the skills needed to 
obtain a family-sustaining job and ultimate food security.
  Food insecurity exists for so many in America today, and the 
workforce and job training provisions in the bill represent a 
significant opportunity to help millions of Americans find employment.
  The Agriculture Committee has done its work. In fact, the Nutrition 
Subcommittee hosted 21 hearings on SNAP

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and heard from more than 80 witnesses on how we can improve the program 
and work toward the ultimate goal of ending hunger in America.
  Mr. Speaker, the House farm bill makes a historic investment in work 
programs so SNAP recipients have a chance to learn new skills and climb 
the rungs on the ladder of opportunity and escape poverty once and for 
all.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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