[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     THANKING OFFICER ROBERT SCISCO

  (Ms. McBride of Delaware was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Officer Robert 
Scisco, a school resource officer at Rehoboth Elementary, who has been 
named Delaware Mentor of the Month.
  For the last 3 years, Officer Scisco has mentored Yanziel Rodriguez, 
a rising fourth grader, meeting weekly to talk, play checkers, and 
build a bond grounded in trust and encouragement. Before every move, 
Officer Scisco reminds Yanziel to stop, take a moment, and think, 
advice for a game of checkers and for life.
  This is what public service looks like: presence, patience, and 
purpose.
  Officer Scisco is helping build a culture of safety and connection in 
our schools, one relationship at a time. I thank him and the Cape 
Henlopen School District.


                   Honoring North Shores Beach Patrol

  Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the extraordinary 
heroism of the North Shores Beach Patrol lifeguards who, while off 
duty, sprang into action to save a swimmer in distress off the coast of 
Delaware.
  On the evening of July 3, lifeguards received an alert of a 
distressed swimmer and immediately texted one another, racing back to 
the beach. Luke McDermott and five others searched beyond their patrol 
zone and swam over 300 yards in dangerous, choppy water to rescue a 
woman who had been adrift for 2 hours without a life jacket.
  Their swift response, courage, and deep sense of duty saved a life, 
and Delaware is indebted to them.


                    Devastating Food Assistance Cuts

  Ms. McBRIDE. Mr. Speaker, last week, I stood alongside Senators Coons 
and Blunt Rochester at the Food Bank of Delaware, joined by advocates, 
providers, and families, to speak out against the devastating food 
assistance cuts in the Republican budget. The most powerful voice that 
day was my constituent, Elizabeth Morales.
  Elizabeth is a biochemist, a widow, and a mom from Newark. After an 
unexpected layoff in 2023, SNAP gave her just enough support to keep 
food on the table for her daughter while she got back on her feet. It 
wasn't a handout. It was a lifeline. Now, that lifeline is being ripped 
away from families like Elizabeth's.
  Under this budget, Delaware will lose tens of millions of dollars in 
SNAP support, putting more than 37,000 families at risk. These cuts 
don't just stop at the grocery store. They reach into our classrooms.
  Up until this budget, kids were automatically enrolled in school meal 
programs through SNAP, but this budget breaks that link, creating a 
mountain of paperwork for families and schools and putting thousands of 
students at risk of going hungry.
  We know that a hungry child cannot learn. Nutrition fuels focus, 
growth, and lifelong success. These cuts don't just take away meals; 
they take away potential. As Elizabeth put it: This is theft, plain and 
simple.
  It is cruelty disguised as policy. It punishes families not for 
failing to work, but for living through a hard season. I will not stop 
fighting until we restore this funding so that no one in Delaware goes 
hungry.

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