[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 60 (Thursday, April 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2226]
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  SA 1543. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution 
H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RAISE 
                   GROCERY COSTS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     increase the cost of groceries for families in the United 
     States, including by cutting or changing eligibility 
     requirements for the supplemental nutritional assistance 
     program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
     2011 et seq.) or other programs that help households in the 
     United States afford food.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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