"if they are able to work, why would they have 90 days?"
"Fully 51 percent of the employees on America's dairy farms are immigrant workers."
"Our members understand the importance of border security, and enforcement, and support that, but along with that has to come a system of legal status for workers on our farms."
"These jobs are paying $40,000, $60,000 a year that are going unfilled."
"don't even think of separating the nutrition title from the farm bill. That would be a huge mistake, and if it is done, I guarantee you there will be no farm bill."
"don't screw around with the program, period. There is no reason whatsoever, based on all of our now 20 hearings, to undermine SNAP through structural changes, block grants, further restrictions, more ..."
"please do not do anything that will make hunger worse in our country."
"I want to say that whatever you do in reauthorization, that essential responsiveness of the program needs to be preserved."
"We are strong proponents of work programs that actually try to find people jobs, try to help them stay in those jobs, and provide the short-term training needed based on what actually is available in ..."
"We are strongly in favor of work rules for able-bodied adults, but... we have to make sure that we provide real opportunity and don't use the enforcement of those rules simply as a sanction policy."
"We really would like to see the program focus more on outcomes and simplify it a bit for states."
"System integration with Medicaid and multiple other programs is absolutely critical."