"I have to commend Chairman Conaway for advocating for a robust budget for the Agriculture Committee."
"there is a concern based on that $10 billion cut to the SNAP program, and how that would impede our ability to reach certain populations."
"If there have to be cuts in the overall SNAP budget, we don't want that to come out of food allotments."
"When the SNAP budget was cut before, we saw a huge increase of our students needing food."
"Good morning, everyone. My name is Jimmy Panetta. I represent the Twentieth Congressional District in California, the central coast of California."
"Those are the same issues we have on the West Coast, so we're with you."
"I appreciate this opportunity to be here to testify in front of you."
"We are going to call it the salad bar of the world."
"With the FINI Program and the SNAP-Ed program, what do those entail?"
"Life science companies must be afforded transparent, predictable, clear regulatory processes to encourage the immense investment that it takes to get a concept from discovery to commercialization."
"We thought that had been put to rest, but of course it is in his latest deficit reduction plan again."
"Absolutely, and there was plenty of economics behind the proposal for 12 years."