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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextMs. SALINAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. SALINAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark 1 year of the Republicans' big, ugly bill, which has left our children, veterans, and seniors hungry.
everyday people. Instead, his bill cut billions of dollars for SNAP across the Nation, including $425 million in my home State of Oregon.
These cuts are taking food off families' tables. In Oregon, 70,000 people—parents, friends, and neighbors—have lost their food benefits.
Why did Mr. Trump do this? It was to give tax cuts to his billionaire buddies.
losing the support they need to put food on the dinner table and pay their bills.
Mr. Speaker, we must restore these devastating cuts to SNAP. No child, veteran, or senior in the wealthiest nation on the planet should go hungry because Republicans chose tax breaks for billionaires over food for families.