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Our government’s $15.3 trillion debt casts a cloud of uncertainty over every American’s economic security. Americans from every walk of lifeâ€"rural, urban, young, oldâ€"are left treading water in Washington’s sea of red ink. Too many politicians talk about cutting spending without following through. In reality, we can only tackle out-of-control deficits if we begin the work of setting priorities and finding savings. As conservatives, we know that, when it comes to nutrition programs, we must balance our fiscal obligations with our convictions to help those who are truly in need.

On one hand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 49 million people in the United States were food insecure last year. That means that, at times during the last year, these households were uncertain of having, or unable to acquire, enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food.

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