Ann Kirkpatrick: “I was absent today due to a medical emergency. Had I been present, I would have voted: yea on rollcall No. 60; nay on…”

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.

It is not only a question of fairness, but also an important investment in the future of our agricultural economy.

I depended on SNAP to put food on my table.