"What the hell else do we want them to do?"
"the benefit itself is woefully inadequate, $1.40 per person, per meal, per day."
"there is an obligation on the Social Security Administration to help low-income seniors apply for SNAP at Social Security"
"I sympathize with the goal of making healthier foods more available to people, and helping people make better choices in terms of what they buy."
"But I also have concerns with proposals that would limit the ability of smaller format retailers to participate in the SNAP Program, which would prevent SNAP recipients from access to food."
"Thank you. That is a very powerful argument against block granting."
"I have been to a SNAP-Ed class, and I learned about issues about what constitutes an appropriate portion."
"We can talk about all the different ways to improve SNAP-Ed, and we should, and we ought to."
"The average benefit is about $1.40 per person, per meal, per day."
"we ought to be moving this discussion at some point toward how we boost the overall SNAP benefit."
"we ought to be increasing the benefit."
"We will face limited resources in 2018 when we begin to authorize the farm bill."