[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13950]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               SNAP CUTS

  (Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are 
doubling down on a bad idea. These food stamp cuts will not only 
increase the incidence of hunger but result in a loss of thousands of 
jobs throughout the food industry alone. Because when poor families, 
children, the disabled, and the elderly can't afford food, they simply 
must go without. That's not economic stimulus--it's a national outrage.
  It's outrageous that 26 anonymous individuals received over $1 
million each in farm subsidies, but $1.40 per meal for a hungry child 
is considered government waste. It's outrageous that some Members of 
Congress are voting to enrich themselves and wealthy special interests 
with farm subsidies while refusing benefits to millions of the neediest 
and most vulnerable Americans.
  I issued a report earlier this year that detailed 14 Members of 
Congress who are collectively worth up to $124 million, received at 
least $7.2 million in farm subsidies, and yet voted to cut the 
nutrition allowance for 47 million working poor families and children.
  Imagine that.
  In honor of the Chair, let me just say, ``And that's just the way it 
is.''

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