Michelle Lujan Grisham

I would just love to make to the group, that in the testimony where work requirements and getting folks out of poverty is certainly an issue that is bipartisan, a one-size-fits-all model, I agree, never works.

I am very concerned about sanctions on families with small children where the cuts can actually do real damage, because it creates food insecurity, it creates stress on the children.

It is a two-avenue approach, and your being here helps both those avenues; first, advocacy for immigration reform; but, also talking about mechanization.

I believe Congress has failed to address that issue, unfortunately.

I applaud the formation of the Congressional Agricultural Research Caucus that Representatives Davis and Panetta--my home Congressman--lead.

What we shouldn't do is assume the 1890s are only going to be dealing with small and minority farmers, but what we have to do is leverage the best two scientists.

I would like to work together to have template contracts.

I am worried about the accountability factor.

Not only would cuts to the SNAP program reverse years of gains that cities and states like New York have made in service delivery it would also harm local economies.

We would also like to take this opportunity to work with you to protect low-income and vulnerable Americans as well as Americans with disabilities against any proposed Federal cuts to the SNAP program or other safety net programs.

If your question is, do the states need to work and align more closely with the Federal Government before we roll out these systems, I would agree.

There are 25 million people in East Africa alone at risk of starvation and food insecurity.

It should not ever be tolerated.

We have one of the most fouled up SNAP programs in the country.

We have been one of the hungriest states in the nation with some of the hungriest children in the nation.

We are penalizing those poorest and most at risk in our country.

The challenges are incredible, and these safety net programs are incredibly valuable and important.

And so again, trade is a vital component there and we have a lot of concern, and we definitely want to see new trade agreements, or trade agreements that can be beneficial to ag, because ag in general benefits from the export market.

Since 2014, milk prices have fallen 40% causing dairy farmers to see their incomes cut in half.

Dairy farms and processing plants are responsible for $26 billion of the state's economy.

The economic impact of dairy on New Mexico cannot be understated.

The Margin Protection Program is the right idea. We just have to get it tweaked so that it works, especially for the small guys.

I am in favor of at least a 57 percent increase. Instead of $338 million, it ought to be $500 million.

I had a bill, H.R. 4967, the Food Bank Assistance Act of 2016 that we are reintroducing again this year that says spend the $100 million, because now you are addressing hunger, because you are getting food to the places that you need it to…

I live in a state... that since I have been in Congress is either the hungriest state in the nation, or it has the hungriest children in the nation.