Jeff Fortenberry: “This is about food, food security, helping those in need, and sustaining one of the most productive aspects of American…”

Again, more money with a good intention is not necessarily the right outcome. This has to be standards of accountability, metrics that determine, are we making progress toward the outcomes we achieve?

Yeah. We look forward to trying to give constructive input in the spirit of what we intended in the law.

But the heart of the matter that came out of that meeting of not being properly informed about the hold was, what are the metrics that we are using here to determine whether or not we are being successful?

First, let me acknowledge the leadership of our committee, the chair, Rosa DeLauro, and our Ranking Member Kay Granger particularly, in this sense, for their attempt to navigate this contentious process in which there really are areas of…