Speaking to reporters on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins previewed the testimony she will deliver before Congress later this week.
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00:00House Republicans, they're working on President Trump's big, beautiful bill.
00:04On the ag portion, it seems like there are concerns about how the cost sharing on SNAP is going to go.
00:10I wonder if you have any thoughts on that, if you can explain how you think that process should play out.
00:14Well, I appreciate that.
00:16Obviously, the president has a vision that, and really an almost entirely aligned Republican Party behind him in the House and the Senate.
00:26We so look forward to delivering on tax cuts and deregulation, all the pieces of the president's economic vision.
00:33Clearly, as Secretary of Agriculture, I am very focused on it.
00:36I'll be testifying tomorrow in the House, actually the Senate tomorrow, the House on Thursday, to talk about the agriculture piece of it.
00:42A lot of people don't understand that the USDA, almost 80 percent of our big budget, is the SNAP food stamp program, to your point.
00:49And only about 15 or 20 percent is actually farming and ranching.
00:53So, a big part of this, for my opinion, is that realigning USDA, obviously ensuring that the best parts of the food stamp, the SNAP program, stay in place.
01:02That we continue to feed those and provide that supplemental nutrition to those who need it the most.
01:07But, also ensuring that we're prioritizing our farmers and our ranchers as we're moving forward.