Ann Kirkpatrick: “My home state of Arizona is the second fastest growing state in the country with massive population growth and…”

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.

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

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.