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I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute.

The Republican Majority has drafted a bill that doubles the level of cuts to Food Stamps over what was included in the Farm Bill that failed to pass this House in June.

That’s right – doubles the cuts. More than 50 million people are hungry in this country. 17 million are kids. And the Republicans think cutting $40 billion from the most important program that prevents mass hunger in America is a good thing?

They already tried to cut $20 billion from Food Stamps. They failed. Any rational person would say they went too far – we need to compromise. Instead, the Republican leadership decided to double down on the crazy.

If House Republicans insist on moving forward with this awful proposal, I will fight it with every ounce of energy I can muster.  We should not, we must not, we cannot allow this mean-spirited, cold-hearted bill to pass.

I yield back the balance of my time.