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Stand for SNAP

Floor Speech

Date: July 11, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Unemployed and Low-Income Entitlements and the Safety Net

Mrs. BEATTY. I stand here today in dismay and in disgust. I stand here on this same floor where we have the words, ``In God we trust,'' where we say the Pledge of Allegiance, where my Republican colleagues dare come to this podium and use words like ``train wreck'' and ``work in a bipartisan fashion'' in the same minute, and then today we are confronted with removing SNAP dollars from the farm bill.

I came here to work on a compromise. Members of this great Congressional Black Caucus and Democratic Caucus stand together because we want America to know that we stand for poor families: Black, White, urban, suburban, and, yes, rural.

We ask you to take note today, Mr. Speaker, that Republicans dare come to this floor and tell us that we want to serve the people. Aren't our children, our mothers, and families part of the people? Yes.

We stand for SNAP.


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