"Extreme poverty and hunger leads to chaos and war and conflict. This is where terrorists go to find recruits."
"Helping farmers feed their families and have enough to sell on the local market will help their communities thrive."
"The President's budget, in case you forgot, cuts SNAP; our nation's first line of defense against hunger, by $193 billion."
"What baffles me about the White House proposal is it attempts to gut a program that is working."
"It helps to alleviate poverty, promote long-term health, and lessen hunger in communities all across this country."
"President Trump's budget is reckless, and in my opinion, if it ever gets enacted, is heartless."
"SNAP cannot be an ATM machine for other priorities."
"Well, that is a problem. And so what happened to those shoppers in Louisiana who went with their SNAP cards and were told that they couldn't purchase their food?"
"Yes, that is obviously unacceptable. Typically we have people who are on SNAP who are working, who have families, who are trying to juggle a million different things."
"I don't think that these innovations would have been possible without investment from the USDA, and without a very large budget to invest."
"But to fix this, I assume it will cost money."
"we are all for moving ahead with new advancements and technology. We want the experience for those who are the clients to be better, and we certainly do not want to have people show up at grocery stor..."