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 local communities.

it promotes peace and stability.

I want to thank all of your for your testimony, and I appreciate your answer on ways to incentivize people to make healthier choices.

The SNAP program is one of the most efficiently, effectively run programs in the Federal Government.

This is the face of five little girls eating lunch, or breakfast, at a McGovern-Dole program site.

World Vision joins with our partners and strongly opposes these recommendations, which propose eliminating and/or severely cutting effective, life-saving funding that help create a safer and more secure world.

The President's budget, in case you forgot, cuts SNAP; our nation's first line of defense against hunger, by $193 billion.

When you cut this program, what you are doing is you are taking food away from people.

If they are able to work, why would they have 90 days?

Oftentimes they are characterized as people who just don't want to work, or they are lazy, or they are trying to take advantage of the system, when in my experience, from what I have been able to tell, again, that is not an accurate…

I urge the Committee to protect the structure of the program, which is our Nation's first line of defense against hunger.

SNAP is a vital, important program that millions of families rely on to put food on the table.

I think that is a very ill-advised policy approach, to withdraw more food assistance from this desperately poor group.

The Biofuel Infrastructure Program as referred to, BIP, has been a critical aid to retailers moving higher blends of biofuels to the market.

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 stores and be told we can't take your card…

This is a lousy and rotten thing to do to poor people. They look at SNAP as an ATM to pay for their other priorities.

I tend to agree. Americans are big-hearted folks who love seeing the U.S. flag on donated rice and other U.S. commodities.

It helps to alleviate poverty, promote long-term health, and lessen hunger in communities all across this country.

I am tired of the perception that somehow everybody on SNAP is lazy or doesn't want to work.

Again, in the past SNAP has accounted for $92 billion of the $104 billion in savings.

We really would like to see the program focus more on outcomes and simplify it a bit for states.

For the first time in history, the President of the United States is openly calling for the elimination of Food for Peace and McGovern-Dole.

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 onerous requirements, or cuts.

Are there any regulations that we can undo to make it easier for farmers, especially beginning farmers, to have access to credit?

But to fix this, I assume it will cost money.