Jim Costa actually said...

I'd also like to get one thing straight right off the bat: there aren't enormous savings to be found from cutting farm programs.

Clarifying that farm programs represent a small portion of the federal budget.

06/23/2011

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But, politically, the thing that we do hear is that we blame a certain region of the state...

A cut would be devastating, and directly equate to taking food out of the mouths of children and families in my district.

I am concerned that there is going to be a policy recommendation to leadership that in the next farm bill we dramatically cut SNAP.

Taking away food from people who need it is not a solution toward any improvements or efforts to deal with the SNAP Program in the next farm...