Reclaiming my time, we were talking earlier about some of the overlaps in these Federal food assistance programs. To me, this is a case where this is a program where there is a lot of overlap with food stamps, and we should look at that…

I just wanted to make sure that my friends, the ranking member and former ranking member, know that the contingency fund data that we get did come from the USDA.

I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for yielding. I wanted to make a couple of points that I think are very important, Mr. Chairman. Number one, the only budget that has passed is the Ryan budget. The Democrats, for all their crying, have…

I thank the gentleman from Indiana for yielding. I want to make a couple of points. Number one, this bill increases food stamps by $5.6 billion. Now, somebody has said, But that's not as much as the President requested. Well, it is an…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his inquiry.

I wanted to explain to my friend about it. I am uncertain about this current amendment, but that departmental account, as unglamorous as they are to all of us, has been cut about 15 percent, and then this cuts it, and then your food safety…

I want to remind you SNAP actually goes up $5.6 billion on this, and you're not talking about it, but school lunch also goes up $1\1/2\ million. So I did want to say that the SNAP portion of this bill does go up $5.6 billion. I thank the…

The gentleman from Florida controls the time, and I recommend that he does yield to you.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I do want to continue the discussion which we've had with our friends on the other side by pointing out something I think is very important. I have the vote from the CLAIMS Act, November 30, 2010, on…

We don't know the percentage food prices are rising, but we do know that this budget would allow with contingencies 9 million to participate, which is above the current level. Now, I'm hoping that the economy does turn around, but I think…

I agree that there is an unknown factor on the rising cost of food that we're not sure about. Will the gentleman also agree with me, though--and we've had a very spirited debate, which I know my friend---- Mr. McGOVERN. But it's not an…

And that is substantial. But let me say this, the numbers that we're operating on, 2010, there were 9.2 million participants. This year, it's 8.9. Next year, the projection is less than that because 450,000 people less are on it. The base…