we're joined on set by chrisy hanson, she is federal affairs manager for americans for pros prosperity. michael minnis. and policy analyst for bread for the world, and andy fitzgerald, an intern from guardian midwest, who is receiving snap benefits. chrisy, i'd like to start with you, over the past 50 years a version of snap has been a part of american culture. why this move now? what is the trigger to make the cuts? >> the trigger to make the cuts is the reauthorization of the farm bill. snap actually surprisingly is a huge part of what we call the farm bill that comes up in washington about every five years or so. the supplemental nutrition assistance program actually accounts for 80% of the spending this this bill. food stamp programs are set to expire at the end of this month and that's why congress addressed it this month. >> hasn't it always accounted for a huge portion of the farm bill? >> it has. >> why such a big deal on this go-round? >> right now there is outside support for splitting the foot programs from the farm programs. this is something that conservative organizations