Undocumented individuals are not eligible for SNAP, and no American citizen is being denied SNAP because a permanent resident received benefits.

Let us keep SNAP, let us keep people eating. We must feed folks. Working hard is not enough if you don't make enough.

I strongly believe that, and that is why I am still furious that Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans held the American economy hostage to make our lowest-income Americans pay the price by taking food off their tables for their tax…

So do you agree that EPA needs to change the way it regulates this form of nutrient runoff?

There have been several lawsuits brought against EPA recently for its failure to strengthen its Clean Water Act program.

Thank you for your testimony. It is nice to see a fellow North Carolinian and an Aggie in the committee room.

As the agency has acknowledged, these operations are disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities and communities of color.

It is just really too bad that we want to penalize people for being poor.

The number of Black farmers in the United States has rapidly decreased over the last century.

We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term financial sustainability.

I believe we need to cancel $50,000 in student debt for Federal student loan bonds.

the work that you are doing is critical, from protecting our consumers to making sure that our financial regulators mirror the diversity of our nation, so thank you for your efforts.

Education is the key.

But, because of its misplaced spending priorities, USDA turns away two out of every three farmers seeking conservation assistance designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Soil is the source of our lives, and it is responsible for life on Earth.

Agriculture is a significant and growing source of greenhouse emissions.

If we bring small farms back into our rural communities across the United States, we will not only have a local food system that doesn't depend on the fossil fuels to get it to the shelf, but it can go directly from the farms to the…

Unlike organic agriculture, which must meet Federal standards and are subject to inspections, regenerative agriculture lacks a clear scientific definition.

As this Congress continues to make critical investments to mitigate climate change, I am hoping that our witnesses can provide testimony that gives us solutions to help farms of all sizes.

Voluntary conservation programs administered by the Department of Agriculture could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

It is time for a massive shift to save our agri-system.

Unless we reduce agricultural emissions of nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and methane, we will fail to achieve the greenhouse gas reductions needed to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

The alarm to increasing soil degradation leads me to acknowledge that regenerative agriculture is part of the solution to this crisis.

Congress must reform these programs to fulfill the promise of the IRA funding and ensure it flows to greenhouse gas reducing practices.

Soil health is imperative to American health.