[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CUTS TO SNAP

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman McGovern for his 
leadership on an amendment to the FARRM Bill.
  This farm bill will have a serious and devastating impact. It will 
damage the lives of millions of vulnerable, struggling, hardworking 
Americans. They are scraping by on the worst economy since the Great 
Depression.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle say 47 million Americans 
on food stamps is too many. I agree. Forty-seven million Americans on 
food stamps means too many Americans unemployed; it means too many 
underemployed living in poverty.
  Rather than pointing the finger at these people, we need to point it 
at ourselves. What has the Republican-led House done to repair our 
economy? What bills have they passed to support our industries and 
create middle class jobs?
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. Keep food on the 
table of struggling American families. That's what we should be doing, 
and we should support this amendment.

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