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

One of the main ways we can make sure that SNAP fulfills its mission to fight hunger is to ensure that the benefit is adequate.

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

the current benefit level is not simply inadequate.

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.