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Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act Of 2012

Floor Speech

Date: June 13, 2012
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Family

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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I was unable to vote on the motion to table the Paul amendment No. 2182 this morning due to a family commitment, but should I have been present, I would have voted yea on the motion to table the amendment.

SNAP was effective in helping over 786,157 individuals in my own Commonwealth of Virginia--including children and the elderly--have the resources necessary to purchase healthy food this past year. I believe that turning this program into a State block grant, as Senator Paul's amendment would have done, would not allow this program to continue to be as effective. SNAP is the bedrock of our national nutrition safety net, serving as a first line of defense against hunger, and during this last economic downturn has made sure that low-income families across the Commonwealth and the country are helped in putting food on the table each night.

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