Tom Vilsack: “We believe 9.8 million participants is a very good, healthy estimate of what the program will be.”

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

It would mean 6,600 farmers wouldn't get the credit they need to continue farming operations.

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

It is physically demanding and at times dangerous.