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

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

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

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

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