Tom Vilsack: “I appreciate the opportunity to be here today, and also to Representative Thompson, thank you for the opportunity to…”

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

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.

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.