Sonny Perdue: “I believe these proposed changes support our mutual goal of improving the lives of those participating in SNAP.”

I hope that you will hold me accountable on this.

We think the purpose is to help people move to independency . . . . We should help people when they are down but that should not be interminably.

It's been a very important, effective program. As far as I'm concerned we have no proposed changes. You don't try to fix things that aren't broken.

The prospect of a new trade war while eliminating the Secretary's CCC authority... is nearsighted and it is dangerous.