Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act

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Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act. This is an opportunity to enact commonsense reforms.

I would like to thank Leader Cantor and especially Chairman Lucas for their leadership and long hours of hard work.

Mr. Speaker, food stamps and farm policy should be considered individually and on their own merits. It's just common sense, and it's exactly why we are here.

In July, we passed a farm-only farm bill that ended direct payments and made other reforms. Today, we have an opportunity to continue that work by passing a food stamp bill that doubles the savings that the House originally considered. We can save taxpayers $40 billion by eliminating loopholes, ensuring work requirements, and putting food assistance on a fiscally responsible path.

In the real world, we measure success by results. It's time for Washington to measure success by how many families are lifted out of poverty and are helped back on their feet, not by how much Washington bureaucrats spend year after year.

I urge all of my colleagues to support this commonsense step in the right direction.

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