[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RESTORE SNAP BENEFITS

  (Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, my husband and I have raised 
three hungry boys. I know how difficult and expensive it can be. Our 
government should not be making it any harder.
  Yet, Republicans in this Chamber are working overtime to make it 
harder for families to receive SNAP benefits, putting more than 14 
million children at risk of hunger.
  Republicans talk about trusting parents and protecting our kids only 
when it fits their agenda, because when it comes to trusting parents to 
use programs like SNAP to feed their children, this Republican majority 
pushes for more regulation, less trust. We have seen this play out 
firsthand.
  Under the last Congress, Democrats, our majority, expanded the child 
tax credit and cut child poverty in half. When it tragically ended, and 
every Republican refused to restore it, children plunged back into 
poverty.
  As the Speaker's self-inflicted chaos inches us closer to a Federal 
budget deadline, it is clear: Our children are suffering because of the 
antics and extremism of the Republican majority.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge this House majority to rethink their chaos, 
protect SNAP benefits, and lift all of our children out of poverty.

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