[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13802]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  SNAP

  (Mr. GARCIA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support 
for the SNAP program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  SNAP is a critically important program. It helps struggling families 
put food on the table while they work to get back on their feet. It 
helps our Nation's most vulnerable, as nearly two-thirds of recipients 
are children, elderly, and disabled. And according to new census data 
just released yesterday, the SNAP program helped lift 4 million people 
out of poverty in 2012. Additionally, this is a multiplier of 2\1/2\ 
times in our economy.
  Unfortunately, it is my understanding that the House of 
Representatives may soon consider legislation that cuts $40 billion in 
funding from SNAP. This is the wrong approach. At a time when many 
families and communities are still struggling to get back on their feet 
from the Great Recession, we should be working to strengthen, not 
undermine, the SNAP program.

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