Ann Kirkpatrick: “I appreciate your efforts in crafting a national policy. But I just want to remind you that my district in Arizona is a…”

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

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.

The role of 1890 institutions has never been more critical.

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