And I'm proud to say something else that we've done in the agriculture space around SNAP is just to ensure. Amelia Sykes, my sister in Ohio, our sister and our sister circle, We put forth legislation to try to ensure that if in a shutdown, that SNAP would continue to flow to, to the people who receive those food benefits without interruption. like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. And I don't have to remind you that those resources were available during the shutdown, and the president and the agency of the USDA illegally withheld those funds. (06:21–06:35)
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