We should have some opportunities to do that. Nor did we hear about how to better coordinate our 80+ different programs.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I appreciate everybody calling in today. I appreciate our panelists. I thank the Madam Chairwoman for taking this on.

Many people have, but we had two witnesses that were your guests that did say they had problems getting out.

We know people do want to work. But, yet every one of our witnesses here... talked about that there is a real negative impact of the cliff effect.

They are now clearly keeping employable individuals idle and it reaps, in my view, significant negative impacts on families.

That is not what we want to do. We have to do something better.

I see that this is presenting a dramatic and continuing impact on SNAP beneficiaries.

Frankly, it means if you can navigate your way on to enough benefits, it doesn't matter whether or how much you work.

I am not convinced that broad-based categorical inclusion is the right way to go.

We have to do more than just help folks--we have to do more to help folks navigate out of poverty.

Our decisions and approaches must reflect a multigenerational approach, but we are long past trying and testing siloed programming.

I make this point that there is work to be done to reengage families in the workforce.

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We need to play catch-up and it starts with the DOD and Joint Staff level, but we surely need the services to be a strong part of that.