Ann Kirkpatrick: “For a long time now, we have known that out of pocket health care costs are a major factor in many bankruptcies.”

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

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.

Ranching is hard enough as it is, in the best of circumstances, so thank you for staying with it, and for what you do.

I come from a multi-generational family of ranchers in northern Arizona.