Ann Kirkpatrick: “I was absent today due to a delayed flight. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 79 and…”

It is incumbent upon Congress and the USDA to reverse this trend.

SNAP and our Federal safety net programs are a hand-up, not a hand-out, and many of us on this Committee once utilized the program.

SNAP is a hand-up, not a hand-out, for Americans striving to achieve self-sufficiency.

I have seen firsthand the challenges these communities, tribal communities face on a daily basis.