Ann Kirkpatrick: “This Subcommittee asked VA for updates on these consultation backlogs beginning in October 2012.”

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

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

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.