[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     FIGHT AGAINST ELIMINATING BROAD-BASED CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY

  (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 am here this afternoon to raise strong 
concerns about a rule that the Trump administration recently announced 
on eliminating broad-based categorical eligibility.
  If implemented, this rule will cut 3 million people off of SNAP, 13 
percent of whom are elderly and 7 percent of whom are children. In 
addition, 500,000 kids will lose access to free school meals.
  I will put it simply: This will increase food insecurity and hurt 
working families.
  President Trump wants to, literally, take the food off the table of 
working families so that he can give tax breaks to the well-off and the 
well-connected.
  This proposed rule is against the will of Congress. Last year, we 
worked on a bipartisan farm bill, and despite some discussion on this, 
Congress agreed to let States maintain their flexibility to accommodate 
low-income households.
  That is why I encourage my colleagues in the House and Senate to join 
me and fight every battle this administration wages against those who 
struggle.
  Let us demand an end to this President's cruelty, and let us work to 
end hunger now.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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