flexibility matters to them and gives the secretary that flexibility in making these decisions on tfap, and as i said, senator gillibrand, senator casey and leahy are sponsors of this. so i ask -- >> yes. senator gillibrand. >> i would like to explain why this is so urgent around the current. in new york state alone we have over 700,000 families who are at risk and at need and are food insecure. all that food insecure means is that family may not know where the next meal comes from. we have so much need across every food pantry, every soup kitchen, every place that feeds the hungry, they have told me there's such an increase in demand because the economy is so bad, they have a decrease in charitable giving. so they're trying to do more with less. they said the group that is most affected by these terrible times is children. and i cannot emphasize enough how important it is to give the secretary flexibility during horrific economic times saying these are communities that need this little bit of extra money. something that can go a very long way to make sure kids don't go to bed hungry i

i was -- >> this is on tfap. >> nutrition amendment and it would be, i would just ask that we accept by unanimous consent the modification to the kc amendment number 5. and thank you for working together to work this out. so we have the modification. is there any objection? if not we'll just accept the amendment. senator johanns? >> i think they're still talking about that issue, if i'm not mistaken. >> i think senator chambliss' office and the usda, the senator and your staff just agreed to this language. >> no, i don't think so. no. i think they're still working on it. >> okay. we'll delay. >> put it aside and come back to it. thank you very much. now, other than the, if there are no further amendments, we will hold the title open for the one amendment that is being worked on, if that can be worked out, and we will proceed to title 11, crop insurance. and let me just say at the beginning, we have every hearing, every meeting we've had with farmers we have heard loudly and clearly crop insurance is the most important tool for risk management, and very proud of the fact that this bil