It’s very direct, and I think it speaks significantly and centrally to the challenges that many Iowa farmers face today.

I think you two gentlemen have laid out a plan that addresses the fundamental weakness of our current farm policy.

If you make hunger the number one priority, then I can guarantee you that governors will have to listen, corporate CEOs will have to listen, nonprofits will have to listen.

It is physically demanding and at times dangerous.

If you raise the minimum wage, you would reduce the SNAP population by a significant amount.

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.

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.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about SNAP, and I think it stems from who people think are on SNAP.

if you authorize it, if Congress creates the opportunity for this, we will be more than happy to utilize that program.

There is no doubt that there are many, many, many working poor, working poor with an emphasis on working.

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 agricultural shippers and disregarding safety.

There is not enough money in that program.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

I think it is important for people to know who is actually receiving SNAP.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

I think it is important for people to know who is actually receiving SNAP.

There is not enough money in that program.

States know who the recipients are because they administer the SNAP Program, and they also know where the jobs are.

It would likely mean a loss of 40,000 rental assistance units in rural America.

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

What I can tell you, Senator, and I will get a specific answer to that hypothetical.

this budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.