Jim Costa actually said...

"I think that is the intention here, and I didn't hear anybody here say that the way we help people get out of poverty is to cut SNAP by $10 billion."

"States need to have that flexibility to be able to provide people with basic food assistance."

"This will continue, and we need to work together as we look at the farm bill."

"We certainly need to get it done in some bipartisan fashion."