Ann Kirkpatrick: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning and thank you all for being here today in support of this very important issue.”

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

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

The role of 1890 institutions has never been more critical.

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.