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Better for you. >> right. without all the genetically modified foods. >> they left a trillion dollars on the table with this bill. they want to get this bill out. i went on the snow called snap challenge, some of us went on the food stach challenge for a week, $31.50. don't try it. we starved. we tried our best to show $20 billion reduction would be a catastrophe for 45 million americans. splitting it would have some short-term benefits. we have extended the farm bill before. the problem is you break up the coalition, which has kept this farm bill going. sure, that's $5 billion in there for pe...

Pushes forward for poultry and meat and real protein that helps kids get nourished. that's where we need to be focusing. but, you see, big conglomerates have taken care of that through their lobbyists to make sure they get subsidized to do this kind of stuff. 3,500 calories, no. that's not where america want to go. joining me now is congressman keith ellison of minnesota. one of the democrats taking part in the s.n.a.p. challenge. keith, good to have you with us tonight. how is it going for you on this? is it a feasible diet in any stretch of the imagination for americans? >> look you can take...

California and co-founder of the out of poverty caucus. she organized the snap challenge to ask congress to pledge to eat on a budget of less than $5 a day. when in your life did you use the snap program and what did it mean to you? >> i'm glad you're covering this. this is so important to many members of our country. in the early '70s, i had some difficult times, i was raising two small children as a single mother. there was nowhere to turn, but thank god for the food stamp program, and i am deeply grateful to the american people for extending that helping hand. everyone has hard times every ...

12% more. he had a full belly with a few bucks to spare. let's keep in mind who is beneficialing from snap. it's based on total gross household income. to qualify a family of four cannot exceed 29,976 a year, which calls 2,498 a month. subtract 949 for a typical two bedroom apartment. another 1,066 in child care costs. you're left with $483 for everything for the month. car insurance, gas, electric and phone bills, heat, clothes, incidentals and groceries. i'd like to see mr. ferguson manage that challenge for a whole year and then tell me how well he ate. joining me now is congresswoman barba...

I'd like to see mr. ferguson manage that challenge for a whole year and then tell me how well he ate. joining me now is congresswoman barbara lee, democrat from california and co-founder of the out of poverty caucus. she organized the snap challenge to ask congress to pledge to eat on a budget of less than $5 a day. when in your life did youize the snap program and what did it mean to you? >> i'm glad you're covering this. this is so important to many members of our country. in the early '70s, i had some difficult times, i was raising two small children as a single mother. there was nowhere to...