Jackie Walorski

It's easy to think of malnutrition only in terms of the quantity of food intake: Is someone eating enough?

No one program can end hunger, poverty, or obesity. It takes collaboration within communities, and a 360 approach, to address these issues.

It is easy to think of malnutrition only in terms of a quantity of food intake, is someone eating enough? But there is another crucial element that we can't overlook when discussing malnutrition, and that is the nutrition itself.

I look forward to working with the Subcommittee, and my colleagues, to build on the momentum FINI has established...

While we have our differences, we share the common goal of working together against poverty and hunger in this country.

I will be honest with you, there is less Washington and there is more state and local level, closer to the people who have the need, in terms of authority and decision-making.

This change provides a workforce alignment. It actually brings business and industry to the table so that when we provide training, at the end of the day it is not just completing education, it is a family-sustaining job that is there.

Many of our poverty programs have almost been like anesthesia; it is meant to make you feel more comfortable living in poverty versus providing an off ramp.

While we know that a job is the surest way to get out of poverty, it can be difficult for individuals to find a job that matches their skills.

I have to stop you there because I am out of time, but I appreciate it.

I chair the Committee's Nutrition Subcommittee, which has been heavily involved in this review.

I don't look at this as just the issue of throwing more money into a situation just by saying, 'Hey, if we throw more money at this, it is going to be better.' Statistics in this country prove that is not true.

But what about the issue that SNAP recipients are watching the same TV programs everybody else is, they are going to the same apps online everybody else, they are doing the same thing, I mean they are people in our country, they are in our…

I feel like we are pushing upstream because the whole country is eating and doing the things that we are trying to tell a very small group of people not to do.

We want to make sure that those benefits go to what they are supposed to be used for, which is nutrition, not alcohol, and cigarettes, and lottery tickets.

When you are partnering you are sending, then, all those resources down to the front line

We are all in this together. Everybody is a shareholder.

Thank you for holding a hearing on the very important topic of 'Past, Present, and Future of SNAP: Addressing Special Populations.'

We recommend a simple resolution of this problem: excluding BAH benefits as countable income in the SNAP determination process.

Under SNAP, they're treated under a one-size-fits-all model.

Seniors, veterans, and active-duty military families each have unique needs.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is by far the nation's largest Federal food assistance program.

I also want to bring to your attention today's orange juice, compliments of Representative Ted Yoho of Florida.

Everyone; the Federal Government, state governments, not-for-profits, the private sector, researchers, and recipients themselves, have a role to play in lifting Americans out of poverty and up the economic ladder.

We all want to ensure access to credit for our farmers.