[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PROTECTING SNAP

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, right now, 12,643 Pennsylvanians are being 
denied a paycheck because of a partisan fight they have no control 
over. It is time to end this shutdown and restore our government's 
ability to protect our country and deliver vital services to our 
people.
  The longer this shutdown goes on, the worse the impact will be, not 
just on Federal workers, but on the communities that depend on them. 
Unless we act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, 
will be at risk. Over 94,000 families in my district depend on SNAP, 
and national data shows that over 40 percent of beneficiaries are 
children.
  I have heard from food banks in my community that they expect a 
twelvefold increase in people who need assistance if SNAP recipients 
don't receive their benefits. That is unacceptable.
  We must reaffirm our most fundamental duty: to stand with and support 
our most vulnerable constituents. Let's act to protect people across 
this country from hunger and malnutrition by protecting SNAP and 
reopening the government.

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