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nina works at a local pizza parlor where she makes about $200 a week. there are so many families like this, almost one in five in poverty in bexar county. as john turner at the cap 208 area food bank concludes, hunger is a result of a lack of income and livable wage. it affect taos many of our neighbors, he says, under the current texas economic model. the demands on our food banks which serve as effective public-private partnerships, are immense. the capitol area food bank this year is deliver 50g% more food to poor people than it did three years ago. but i don't really hear anyone facing up to this harsh reality. not our governor in texas, not the president of the united states, and certainly not the leadership here in the house. in fact, the administration has shown little interest and almost no guidance in reforming this legislation. rather than respond to rising deprivation and declining opportunity, this legislation continues for another three months the temporary assistance for needy families act. this is a program that today provides direct assistance to only one in every five children living in america. that are in poverty. that's the lowest