I am just saying that to plan this effectively, we need to address these issues that are real.

With the record influx of illegal crossings at the southern border, I was wondering what steps you are taking to mitigate potential strain on the SNAP program.

We have 42 million people on SNAP now. We have had roughly ten million crossing over, most of them seeking asylum.

I have been imploring different agencies, including USDA, to get real numbers and transparency.

We need transparency in order to make sure people are taken care of.

The Missile Defense Review emphasizes the role of allies and partners in regional missile defense.

SNAP is already projected to cost more than $1.2 trillion over the next 2 years.

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I firmly believe SNAP was intended to temporarily serve American families, giving them the leg up they need to be self-sufficient.

I am certain you are aware the National Accuracy Clearinghouse, as written in the 2018 Farm Bill, has yet to be implemented due to a variety of Executive Branch antics.

I ask the Chairman to enter into the record a document from USDA Food and Nutrition Services on SNAP policy for non-citizen eligibility.

I am not doing this to be argumentative, but we are really trying to understand, with the large number of immigrants that are coming into this country...

We could literally be looking at several million new SNAP recipients, and we need to be prepared for that.

Do you think President Xi has been ambiguous at all in his intentions on Taiwan?

I would ask who is driving policy in this administration on China and Taiwan? Is it the President of the United States, or unelected bureaucrats and appointees within the State Department, Pentagon, and White House?

We need to worry about feeding Americans first.

I think that it is fair to say that anywhere between ten and 20 percent of the SNAP benefits are going to people here illegally.

I think that there is no one in this room that can't look at the news and agree that we have a problem at our southern border with illegals flowing in.

So we have had roughly five million border crossings since President Biden took office.

Our farmers and ranchers have been unfairly labeled as climate criminals by some, and that cannot be further from the truth.

There is going to be a global food shortage. Americans are hungry, and we need to worry about taking care of Americans first.

The last thing they need, and so many others in agriculture, is more regulations.

We want to make sure that in this farm bill, the conservation title does not become the climate title.

If you are a non-citizen child under 18, you receive benefits?