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Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations (117th Congress)

Opening Statement: Nutrition Subcommittee Chairwoman Walorski: Hearing on the Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: Government Duplication and Unmet Needs

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Remarks as prepared: Welcome to the next hearing in our review of the Past, Present, and Future of SNAP. Today we’ll discuss and examine the government’s duplication and inefficiencies of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Taxpayers and recipients deserve a thoughtful and thorough review of SNAP. They also deserve to know its relationship with other nutrition programs and how that affe...

Opening Statement: Nutrition Subcommittee Chairwoman Walorski - SNAP Recipient Characteristics and Dynamics

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Remarks as prepared: Good afternoon and welcome to this year’s first meeting of the Nutrition Subcommittee. Thank you all for making time in your schedules to be here and thank you to today’s witnesses for your participation. Today, I would like to give you a glimpse of what lies ahead for this subcommittee over the next two years as we review SNAP. Before we begin, I want to take an opportunity f...

Nutrition Subcommittee Holds Hearing to Review SNAP Recipient Characteristics and Dynamics

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Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-2), Chairwoman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Nutrition, held a public hearing to review the characteristics and dynamics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The committee will conduct a full-scale review this Congress in order to improve and strengthen the program for its intended recipients. This...