"I am particularly interested in reaching out to smaller and medium-sized farms and smaller producers as well as speciality crop producers."
"I appreciate your offer to work with us and I look forward to working with you."
"Make no mistake, in these tough times, the Federal nutrition programs are the safety net between hunger and health for millions of Americans."
"We have been very aggressive in working with states to help them understand both how to reduce improper payments and the importance of continuing to reduce improper payments."
"I don't think all programs are equal, and certainly programs that provide nutrition and food to people in this country to ensure that they don't go hungry I think need to be prioritized."
"There is not a community in this country that is hunger free."
"If the economy gets better, the amount we spend goes down."
"I think repealing Cat El would decrease participation and make it more difficult and costly for states to administer the SNAP Program."
"These are really vital programs. I think all of us when we go into our districts, we see people who are in really tough situations."
"People need to be able to put food on their table, and this program allows them to be able to do that; not only to put food, but to put healthy food on their table."
"I would urge you to proceed with extreme caution on both of those things."
"We need to connect the dots because ending hunger is not just about SNAP, it is not just about WIC, it is about a whole bunch of other things."