[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7050]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SNAP CUTS IN FARM BILL

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today not to offer my own words 
about the Republicans' major cuts to food stamps.
  Instead, I want to let my constituents speak directly to the House 
Republican leadership. In this stack of plates sent to me, one of my 
constituents asked:
  ``How would I live if food stamps were cut?''
  Others have said:
  ``There are a lot of people who would go hungry without food 
stamps.''
  ``If the help I receive now for food stamps was cut, it will affect 
me and my kids while I'm trying to finish my college degree.''
  ``In these hard times, food pantries get me through the week.''
  ``To see your own kids starve and not be able to feed them is one of 
the worst pains a parent can experience.''
  ``If food stamps were cut off, my 4-year-old brother and I would have 
to go to sleep hungry. We would also have to miss meals. This will be 
unfair considering he's only 4--and I'm 15.''
  These stories are heartbreaking and serve as evidence why cutting the 
food stamp program will really affect people's lives.
  To my colleagues, I leave you with this last one: ``Please don't stop 
helping people.''
  Please don't stop helping people.

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