Ann Kirkpatrick: “I want to make sure that folks know that nobody up here is trying to tear the VA down.”

The average benefit is only $1.40 per person per meal.

I appreciate my colleague, Mr. Crawford's, comments about how we can work to develop a better system where we don't penalize people.

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.

I depended on SNAP to put food on my table.