Mike Conaway: “I am adamantly opposed to cutting funding to this program simply because it represents a bank to fund other programs.”

I share Chairman Peterson's concerns over hemp. I am worried we have opened Pandora's box.

We need to make sure that people that are unemployed, people that are having a tough time, have enough food to take care of their kids.

I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.

The Farmers to Families Food Box Program (FFFBP) was the victim of a rushed process that included no engagement with current distributors and nonprofits and resulted in cherry-picked contractors who were not qualified.