Tom Vilsack: “We want to work with states in a collaborative effort.”

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

Well, the House Agriculture appropriations talked about an 18 percent cut to our budget, so you can do the math.

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