[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE MORE HUNGER, LESS OPPORTUNITY ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Kildee) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to strongly oppose the 
deep and extreme cuts to nutrition programs that, once again, are being 
brought to the floor by the Republican majority. H.R. 3102, what we 
call the ``More Hunger, Less Opportunity Act,'' takes a bad idea and 
makes it worse, cutting billions--literally billions--of dollars in aid 
for the working poor, people who struggle every single day, literally, 
to put food on the table.
  This bill is heartless. It has gone from bad to worse. We've seen 
this movie before. In June, when the Republicans brought $20 billion in 
cuts to the floor as a part of the farm bill, it derailed the farm 
bill, broke what had been a bipartisan effort for as long as anybody 
around here can remember. And now, $40 billion in cuts.
  Three-quarters of the households receiving SNAP include a child, a 
senior, somebody who is disabled. This legislation literally punishes 
those folks. Republicans desire, for whatever reason--incomprehensible 
to many of us--to deprive even the neediest Americans with a basic 
necessity: food. It has, as I said, derailed the farm bill process and 
now has the chance to risk hurting more Americans. This bill would 
shamefully and literally take food out of the mouths of nearly 4 
million children, seniors, and disabled.
  I urge my colleagues--Republicans and Democrats--to join me in 
opposing this legislation.

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