Agriculture Secretary Tangles With Democrats Over Economy, SNAP

Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee Thursday pressed Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on several hot-button issues, including high fuel prices and cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), ranking member on the committee, got into a testy back-and-forth with Rollins during the hearing, grilling her on her knowledge of recent farm closures, the SNAP fraud rate, and the surge in diesel and fertilizer prices since the Iran war.

“I’m sick of hearing you blame an administration from a year and a half ago, you own every single bit of this,” Craig told Rollins while addressing rising ...