Review of the Operations of the Food Stamp Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, August 5, 1999U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 108 pages |
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Page 22 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress, in order to promote the general welfare, that the Nation's abundance of food should be utilized cooperatively by the States, the Federal Government, local governmental units, and other agencies to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's population and raise levels of nutrition among low-income households.
Page 22 - The Congress further finds that increased utilization of food in establishing and maintaining adequate national levels of nutrition will promote the distribution in a beneficial manner of our agricultural abundances and will strengthen our agricultural economy, as well as result in more orderly marketing and distribution of food.
Page 50 - STATEMENT OF ROBERT GREENSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES, WASHINGTON, DC Mr.
Page 63 - Watkins, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the US Department of Agriculture (USD A).
Page 22 - ... of the Nation's agricultural abundance and will strengthen the Nation's agricultural economy, as well as result in more orderly marketing and distribution of foods. To alleviate such hunger and malnutrition, a food stamp program is herein authorized which will permit low-income households to obtain a more nutritious diet through normal channels of trade by increasing food purchasing power for all eligible households who apply for participation.
Page 5 - Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service of the US Department of Agriculture to discuss additional changes in the food stamp program, which would improve its utility to older persons.
Page 85 - Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonprofit organization that studies fiscal policy issues and social programs at both the Federal and State levels, with emphasis on issues affecting low- and moderate-income families.
Page 10 - Mr. Chairman, that concludes my remarks, and I would be happy to answer any questions.
Page 62 - We would welcome seeing that, if even it is not made a part of the record of this hearing, and I want to thank all of the witnesses for their contribution today and for coming to be with us.
Page 2 - ... Act, changed welfare from an entitlement program to one designed to end needy parents' dependence on government aid by promoting employment. Accordingly, the act gave the states flexibility, for example, to require applicants to look for work as a condition of eligibility for welfare benefits. The act retained the Food Stamp Program as an entitlement program for qualifying participants, but it tightened the program's eligibility standards by establishing work requirements for able-bodied adults...