"Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math."
"It will if it is adequately funded."
"I think there are a lot of misconceptions about SNAP, and I think it stems from who people think are on SNAP."
"There is no doubt that there are many, many, many working poor, working poor with an emphasis on working."
"If you raise the minimum wage, you would reduce the SNAP population by a significant amount."
"If you take SNAP and you reduce it or you eliminate it, you are obviously going to impact not just the poor families that are receiving it."
"if you authorize it, if Congress creates the opportunity for this, we will be more than happy to utilize that program."
"We are writing to express our strong support for the above-referenced rule proposed on August 21, 2023, and urge the USDA to act expeditiously to finalize it."
"The railroads should not be able to continue to operate without buffer for unexpected demand, make historic profits, and engage in enormous stock buybacks, all while providing subpar service to agricu..."
"It would mean 6,600 farmers wouldn't get the credit they need to continue farming operations."
"If those budget cuts, even the most conservative budget cut, that is to say, putting it back to levels of several years ago, would result, not in an increase in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program ..."
"this budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture."