Jim Costa actually said...

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

"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 bill."

"One thing every Member on this Committee can agree upon is that we want to make it more effective for people to be able to become self-sufficient and to feed their families."