alice paul was then arrested, went on hunger strikes. these are my heroes. and so my -- if you give me, like the people of new jersey did, the honor of representing you as the chief executive, i have the obligation to hold up to the previous ancestors who found ways to get more people onto fighting for the dignity and honor of all people. anybody who is running for president, i want to know what you have done to do that before. when i was mayor of the city of newark, we got national attention. i said you know what, i am the mayor of this city. there is a disproportionately high number of people living on food stamps, so i did this incredible odyssey of trying to live on food stamps. i am a horrible cook. i did not know -- i literally had, in my neighborhood, i have always lived in neighborhoods at or below the poverty line, having my neighbors come in and have mercy on me to teach me things, like, "why are you buying canned beans? buy dry beans, they are cheaper." i lost so much weight, because i was going to bed hungry almost every night. but that testimony