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>> well, we can't afford not to. i think the conversation needs to change. we need to look at programs like food stamps and wic and other social programs as an investment in the future. when kids are going to school hungry, they can't learn. we know education is the key to getting people the key to upper mobility. right now when kids are showing up to school, they're hungry and can't work. it's not they're missing breakfast, they're missing dinner the night before. it's that drastic raight now. >> it's so admirable what you have done. are you hopeful about this? >> i'm hopeful because this is ...

Talking about violence in our communities, because violence in our communities comes from that structural inequality, the economic inequality. you take $4 billion a year, literally saying some of our elderly, some children are going to become not just impoverished but they're going to have food insecurity as a part of their everyday livelihood. i don't think the politicians in washington, d.c., think about that. $40 billion over ten years is a tremendous amount to take out of the s.n.a.p. program. >> it's health and poverty are contributing factors that exacerbate mental health issues, as some...

Caviar on the house floor. we heard tatiana talking about children, about her children and how this affects them. your group deals primarily with childhood hunger. a report you put out earlier this year says, households with children are nearly twice as likely to be food insecure as households without children. over 3.9 million american families have children that have not had access to adequate, nutritious foods. what kind of impact could this have on our children? >> let's set the context. this bill came two weeks after the federal government released statistics that said there were 17 milli...

You're absolutely right. there's not a single congressional district in the country where there isn't a problem with hunger and where people are not utilizing food stamps. we're coming out of a terrible economy. hopefully it will be getting better soon if the republicans don't shut the government down. in the meantime we need to make sure people in this country have enough to eat. what was sad about the vote. ending hunger used to be a bipartisan issue. think of bob doll and mcgovern came together and strengthened the s.n.a.p. program, back then food stamps. there's a great bipartisan traditio...

Waste, fraud and abuse. we've got to stop the waste, fraud and abuse. it's setting up something we saw with wide southern strategy last time which was to convince white voters to vote against self-interest because at least you're better than those people. i think that's more than insidious than they don't care, they don't understand. i think there's something far more nefarious going on here. >> congressman, i think one of the huge pieces of misinformation, more people on the food stamp roles because it's somehow easier on the s.n.a.p. program. if you track it, more people on the rolls because...