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I appreciate your comment about the 6,000 work visas for Idahoans, but that is a drop in the bucket.

This is not a partisan issue, obviously. This is an American issue. We are all in this together trying to get it done.

Foreigners have to wait months, sometimes years, to visit the United States. These delays directly hurt American industry, slow economic growth, and delay reuniting families.

A lot of us were very concerned about what happened in Sudan.

Americans have been struggling to get passports for years now and waiting weeks longer than they did before the pandemic.

I think that while there is a role, the Federal Government could do a better job in holding those programs accountable for achieving results that actually do help people get employment and put them on a path towards upward mobility.

It is my fundamental belief that everyone deserves the chance to shape a stronger future for themselves and their families.

So, since a clearinghouse has yet to be implemented, then what do--how do states know if an individual or a household is receiving multiple benefits in multiple states?

The 2018 Farm Bill mandated the NAC--the National Accuracy Clearinghouse to be utilized by all states by December 31, 2021.

Increased review of the medical deductions will absolutely benefit that population, and encourage more to apply, and to receive benefits.

It is time for us to catch up with the times.

Acting Secretary Su tried to force 84 million Americans out of work with an illegal and unconstitutional vaccine mandate.

Thankfully, the Supreme Court stepped in to stop you, but I want to know, what was your plan if millions of workers were forced to be vaccinated, and turn in their medical records, if they refused.

Do you think the Department of Labor has the power to impose a vaccine mandate on 84 million American workers?

Instead of pursuing made-up problems with policies we know don't work, like time limiting benefits, we should be working on how to modernize SNAP to solve the problems of our constituents that they are actually facing.

Acting Secretary Su was one of the architects of the vaccine mandate, which the Supreme Court ruled was illegal and unconstitutional.

In my home State of Texas, seniors are losing access to, or sometimes never even receiving, these crucial benefits due to difficulties they face in accessing the internet, navigating complicated applications, and dealing with onerous…

Every single dollar that SNAP utilizes frees up extra dollars.