First off, we should be clear that it is the law of the land in my understanding since the 1996 Welfare Act that able-bodied SNAP recipients should work.

I am introducing the Farm and Ranch to School bill, which would allow for a greater portion of that budget to be used on locally sourced beef, bison, and other meats.

I don't think that holding people accountable is punishment. I think it is a hallmark of a responsible society.

The term able-bodied, as we have talked about, is so key to this discussion, and I want to make sure that we are working to empower and not stigmatize the ABAWD population.

Second, that SNAP is an important poverty program. That is something worth maintaining, something worth holding up.

That is not leadership. And so, let's work with SNAP recipients. Let's work with this Subcommittee. Let's work with the Administration to move even more people from welfare to work.

No, absolutely, and I think that is what is concerning about the way the waivers operate right now...

Evidence is powerful and data can light our way forward.

Work does that, and if a couple of things came out loud and clear that there is basis for agreement, it is first off that people who can work, should work.

For me, an important foundation of all of this Subcommittee's work on nutrition is, first, that we all want to improve the lives of Americans who are facing hard times.

Third, that work and education are a critically important, a necessary part of helping people realize opportunities to move out of poverty.