I do not have a problem with the offset. but it is. nevertheless. a huge amount of money coming out of the food stamp program. I understand that some of these funds may be needed for agriculture programs. However. in the final conference agreement. it is imperative that a substantial amount of savings be used to address what is perhaps the most pressing hunger problem facing the country today. and that is the need to restore food stamp benefits to the very poor refugees and legal immigrant families with children. especially those not receiving any SSI. There is a strong consensus on this point among the religious community. the antihunger community. and the immigrant community. So it will be difficult to support a final conference agreement that does not put a substantial amount of the Senate bills administrative savings back into feeding hungry people. in particular vulnerable groups of legal immigrants and refugees who lost access to food stamps and now face real hardship. I think many of my colleagues will be with me. hopefully. in sharing this view. I do know just in food in general. being at an emergency food bank in my hometown of Dayton.
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