[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, today I rise in strong support of the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and against the proposed $20 
billion cut in SNAP funding under the House Republican farm bill.
  Coming on the heels of a sequester-induced reduction, SNAP 
beneficiaries continue to feel the pain and the cruel pinch of this 
Congress' misguided priorities.
  SNAP, better known as food stamps, helps millions of Americans living 
in poverty put food on the table. That may very well be the difference 
between a child or a family going hungry or not. In the wealthiest 
nation in human history, it is unconscionable that every American 
cannot afford life's basic necessities.
  Eighty percent, Madam Speaker, of the households receiving SNAP earn 
below the Federal poverty line. That translates into millions of 
working families. With these cuts, make no mistake about it, millions 
will go hungry and be forced to make decisions between food and other 
vital needs that nobody should ever have to confront.
  Madam Speaker, we can do better. I call on my colleagues to reject 
these cuts.

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