. >>> according to house that committee chairman frank lucas the supplemental nutrition assistance program is said to us cost $80 billion in 2012 which is double where they were in 2007. one in seven americans receive benefits from the program and proposal would cut those benefits by $34 billion. the proposal passed by the activity that produced the family of four is monthly benefits by almost $60. the changes would also tighten eligibility rules for the program, forcing 3 million people out of the program. we have already heard the sobering statistics on child's ability to reduce those numbers. they are hoping to get kids back on the healthy track. the us department of health and human services has decided to try to cut obesity rate 215% of school-aged kids fight the year 2020. to get their understudy says kids need to eat less. 64calories per day less. without cutting those, the average weight of children and teens will make the obesity rate hit 20%. >> the fda checking on them is the first of many, bright? >> we talk to the national cattlemen's association and said they wouldn't be surp

i think frank lucas is something to leave behind -- i hope will be left behind after the settlement is over, which will say the settlement is over, which will say the settlement is over, which will say better java self-monitoring and will have an industry where the correct air quicker and go on down the road. i'm an optimist and i think that can happen. but we'll see. snack this is a question for anyone on the panel. attila principal reduction for borrowers who are severely under water and not a default? why not allow that? i think we will allow it, right clicks nobody? we're all in agreement. okay. what is financial institutions institutions -- unless somebody wants to say more than that. what keeps financial institutions from paying their portfolio loans from purging their portfolio learns before the final settlement? purging their portfolio of loans in minority communities before the final settlement. >> i don't know -- i mean, it's not a question. it is a statement. >> anybody? can we call upon banks to voluntarily save foreclosures until borrowers are reviewed for principal reduct

frank. i want to thank mr. boswell, our chairman, mr. lucas, and ranking member, mr. peterson, for their continued efforts, bipartisanship on the house agriculture committee. many -- like many bills through our committee this year, h.r. 3336 passed with unanimous bipartisan support. it's a testament to the leadership on both sides of the aisle. i urge swift adoption of the small business credit availability act and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois. mr. -- >> i have one speaker. mr. peterson: i guess we'll reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: i yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. hultgren, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. hultgren: it's been a pleasure working with you and your staff during my first term in congress and in the ag committee. we've trying to protect them from dodd-frank red tape and that's why i rise in strong support of vicky har