[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 182 (Friday, November 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             END HUNGER NOW

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I just saw a report that most minimum wage 
workers need 2\1/2\ full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment.
  Many of us can't imagine deciding between paying rent and buying 
food, but that is exactly the choice that far too many Americans face. 
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, helps by providing 
a small benefit so families don't go hungry. But the farm bill that the 
House Republicans have passed cuts SNAP by $23 billion.
  Let's remember, most people on SNAP who can work, do work.
  Let's also remember that real farmers rely on the farm bill. The 
longer Republicans try to use it for entitlement reform, the longer we 
hurt those farmers.
  The American people made their priorities clear at the ballot box: 
They want to create opportunity and possibility for all our families.
  Here is a radical idea: Let's listen to them. Let's follow the lead 
of Senate Republicans and Democrats who worked together on a farm bill 
that helps farmers and maintains SNAP. And let's end hunger now.

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