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Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 6:38pm: The Value in Learning the Army’s History.

6/13/18 by: Thomas Spoehr

A row of Civil War-era cannons sit in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Thursday marks the Army’s 243rd birthday.

On this day, soldiers past and present will be encouraged to pause and reflect on the years of service the Army has given the nation.

The Army takes enormous pride in its history and heritage. The Second Continental Congress created the Army on June 14, 1775, when it authorize d the formation of 10 companies of expert riflemen. These brave soldiers marched to Boston to support the local militia.

The next day, George Washington received his appointment as commander in chief and shortly moved to take command at Boston.

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Army Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost recently announced a renewed focus on Army history in basic training with the goal of teaching recruits “what it means to be a United States soldier” and to connect them with the service’s heritage.

Why should new soldiers understand the Army’s history? After all, the average American citizen knows very little about our history: According to a CBS News poll, in 1994 only 27 percent of Americans knew what the term “D-Day” refers to. A 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress report revealed that only 18 percent of eighth-graders were proficient in U.S. history.

So why should the Army expect its soldiers to learn its history? What’s the point of teaching soldiers about the miserable conditions at the encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, or the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach, or the sacrifices by Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart in Somalia in 1993?

Why not listen to those who say to “live in the moment” and just carry out orders? What do modern soldiers have to learn from the battles and soldiers of the past?

It turns out, a lot. By understanding the actions of fellow soldiers and how they reacted and persevered under the most challenging of circumstances, today’s soldiers can be guided by their experiences.

Sgt. Alvin York’s single-handed attack on German machine gun nests in WWI provides a classic example of bravery in the face of danger. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, after having been nearly defeated on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War, told his subordinate William Sherman that night that they would “lick ‘em tomorrow,” demonstrating great perseverance.

And Shughart and Gordon repeatedly insisted on being inserted in the midst of a raging firefight in downtown Mogadishu to help a downed aircraft crew. Their choice, which resulted in their deaths, provides a vivid example of how soldiers never leave fallen comrades.

Lessons like these are hard to learn in peacetime. But through understanding Army history, soldiers better prepare themselves for the unforgiving crucible of combat.

Throughout its 243 years of history, the Army has never failed to answer the nation’s call. The Army flag has 190 campaign streamers attached to it, each attesting to tough campaigns and battles.

Some struggles have ended in defeat, like the 1776 Long Island campaign in the Revolutionary War.

Others, success, like the 1991 liberation and defense of Kuwait.

Steadfast through it all have been the determination, devotion, and the readiness of the American soldier, captured by the Army’s motto, “This we’ll defend.”

It is sad today's youth are taught little of the history of my peers in the 1940s. Having WWII going on was a stimulus. The Army is correct in teaching Army history to its recruits because that will stimulate the loyalty so necessary for success. "This we'll defend."

Happy Birthday to the Army.

The Army has a number of excellent websites documenting its history including the Center for Military History https://history.army.mil/in..., the Army Heritage an Education Center http://ahec.armywarcollege...., and Army University Press https://www.armyupress.army

It is well that the Army will be teaching their history and thus inculating all with the incredible accomplishments their predecessors accomplished. The sad and unforgivable is that our Public Schools are either intentionally avoiding teaching in-depth US History (and thus the wars/battles in which it participated), or are totally inept in their profession. I believe it is a combination of both. There is one side of our political spectrum that simply does not want the youth of America to grow up proud, knowledgeable, and strong in their patriotism as citizens for the greatest nation on earth.
If ever there was a time to (re) consider a mandatory draft of EVERY young person in the country, it is now. And with that drafting they would also be required to attend, learn, and have in depth knowledge of the FACTUAL history of their country.
The nation that nurtures them deserves no less.
To all the Military I say, God Bless You!

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 5:59pm: Mexifornia, North California, and South California… All Possible This Fall.

6/13/18

A plan to divide Mexifornia into three states will appear on the November ballot after the campaign received more than 600,000 signatures. Even if voters embrace the radical plan, it wouldn’t take effect without congressional approval.

The initiative, often referred to as “Cal-3,” was sponsored by billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper.

The state would be divided into Mexifornia, Northern Mexifornia, and Southern Mexifornia.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 5:24pm: Tom Fitton: comey Decided ‘Long Ahead of Time to Let Hillary Off’.

This morning, June 13, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Fox and Friends First” on the Fox News channel to discuss new records that infer FBI decision was made before meeting with killary clinton.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 5:06pm: Anticipation builds for report on FBI’s clinton probe.

06/13/18 By Katie Bo Williams

Conservatives on Capitol Hill are anxiously awaiting the imminent release of a report from the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general scrutinizing the law enforcement agency’s handling of its investigation into killary clinton’s private email server.

A spate of recent press reports suggesting that the document will be critical of top DOJ brass has raised expectations among some of President Trump Donald John Trump Avenatti: 'I think that Michael Cohen is in a very, very bad spot'.

Congress will likely not see the document until shortly before it is made public on Thursday, with its official conclusions remaining the subject of intense speculation until then.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s probe has already exposed two incidents that Republican lawmakers say show malfeasance at the DOJ.

How he evaluates controversial decisions made by former FBI Director james comey

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comey in particular has been in the crosshairs of Trump allies, who see him as Exhibit A that the bureau was biased against Trump during the election. The president has branded him a “liar,” a “leaker” and a “nut job.”

“I think the report of Horowitz, the inspector general, and the Justice Department will confirm that comey acted improperly with regard to the killary clinton investigation,” Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in a recent interview with New York radio host John Catsimatidis.

“comey, really, has a chance of being prosecuted as a result of this report, but we’ll see,” Giuliani said.

After his firing, comey outraged conservatives when he gave contemporaneous memos documenting his interactions with the president to a close friend so they would be shared with the media.

comey said he released the memos with the hope that they would spur the appointment of a special counsel to oversee the bureau’s probe into the Trump campaign and Russia.

There is no evidence that those disclosures breached the law in any way, with comey himself maintaining in a heated Fox News interview in April that the release did not constitute a “leak.”

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Alleging that he authorized a leak to the media in order to “advance his personal interests” and then misled internal investigators about the matter.

It was also an internal referral from Horowitz that led to the public exposure of text messages between counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Those messages, which were critical of Trump and other political figures during the 2016 presidential campaign, have been a lightning rod among figures on the right.

Horowitz will almost immediately have to face Congress to defend his conclusions, with the inspector general scheduled to appear in a pair of back-to-back hearings early next week.

Although Horowitz himself is widely seen by lawmakers from both parties as nonpartisan and fair, his report is almost certain to become a political football in the ongoing fight over the department’s conduct in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

comey has also released a memoir harshly critical of the president since his dismissal in May 2017, a firing that eventually led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller,

US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead the federal probe into Russia’s election meddling.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 4:24pm

READ President Trump’s Agreement With North Korea Here.

6/12/18

Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit.

6/12/18

President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:

The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

Having acknowledged that the U.S.–DPRK summit—the first in history—was an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously.

The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.–DPRK summit.

President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.–DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.

DONALD J. TRUMP
President of the United States of America

KIM JONG UN
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

June 12, 2018
Sentosa Island
Singapore

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 4:12pm: HISTORY: President Trump Says North Korea’s Denuclearization Underway.

6/12/18President Trump, on the heels of his historic summit with Kim Jong Un, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he believes the North Korean leader will begin to work toward dismantling his country’s nuclear program “virtually immediately.

The president left Singapore after the two leaders signed a document stating Pyongyang would work toward “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said the process is “really moving rapidly.” “I just think that we are now we are going to start the process of denuclearization of North Korea, and I believe that he’s going back and will start it virtually immediately – and he’s already indicated that and you look at what he’s done,” Trump said.

The historic agreement came after the two leaders held several meetings throughout the day. Trump was asked by a reporter if Kim agreed to denuclearize and he said, “We are starting that process very quickly.”

Whether the unpredictable North Korean leader will follow through remains unclear, but Trump sounded optimistic as he left the summit. He told “Hannity” the two of them “got along from the beginning” and Kim understood the need to dismantle his nuclear program.

“His country has to be de-nuked and he understood that, he fully understood that, he didn’t fight it,” Trump said.

The summit, which almost didn’t happen, represented a remarkable turnaround from the tension between Washington and Pyongyang last summer when Trump and Kim exchanged a war of words, with the American president warning the dictator of “fire and fury.”

Trump told Fox News, though, that “without the rhetoric we wouldn’t have been here. So I think the rhetoric, I hated to do it, sometimes I felt foolish doing it, but we had no choice,” he said. “As for what happens next, Trump insisted, “I think he’s gone back to get this done. He wants to get it done.”

President Trump took a massive gamble by going to Singapore and sitting down with the North Korean leader, and initial reports are that the gamble is paying off. The ratcheting down of tensions between the two nations shows that the “maximum pressure” policy was effective, and even through constant media criticism, the president’s foreign policy is yielding results.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 3:16pm: Seattle Repeals Ridiculous Head Tax.

6/12/18 For Liberty Staff

Yesterday Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, along with seven of nine city...released a statement announcing their intention to repeal the controversial employee head tax.
“It is clear that the ordinance will lead to a prolonged, expensive political fight over the next five months that will do nothing to tackle our urgent housing and homelessness crisis,” reads Monday’s statement.

“This week, the City Council is moving forward with the consideration of legislation to repeal the current tax on large businesses to address the homelessness crisis.”

Almost immediately after Durkan signed the tax into law, an initiative campaign was launched to put the head tax on the November 2019 ballot. Within days the campaign had attracted $300,000 in funding including $25,000 a piece from Starbucks and Amazon. The effort reportedly gathered 22,000 signatures by June 7, comfortably above the 17,000 it needed before its June 14 deadline.

The initial version of the head tax—known as the "Amazon Tax" after its main rhetorical target—would have imposed a yearly $500 levy on every employee at companies grossing over $20 million. This was supposed to raise $75 million annually from 500 to 600 Seattle businesses for homeless and affordable housing services.

That proposal sparked fierce opposition from all corners of the city. Seattle-headquartered Amazon paused construction on an office tower project pending a vote on the tax. Starbucks came out publicly against the tax, as did Alaska Airlines, Expedia, and the CEOs of 129 other Seattle-area companies in an open letter.

The business community was joined in their opposition by the city's construction unions.

Chris McClean of Iron Workers Local 86 told The Seattle Times that "to reduce the jobs only increases the possibility of additional homelessness." His union brothers shouted down pro-head tax city councilmember Kshama Sawant at one of her anti-Amazon rallies.

The head tax was even too much for former Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess, a champion of such progressive policies the city's soda and income taxes. Burgess co-authored an op-ed in the Seattle Times calling the head tax a "terrible idea."

All the pushback was enough to prompt Durkan to float a compromise head tax of only $275 per employee per year, which would have raised $47 million annually. This saving measure proved ineffective at quelling the passions stirred over the tax.

As columnist Knute Berger wrote at Seattle news site Crosscut, "the mayor had forced an unsavory compromise by signing a head tax that was less than originally proposed yet still too much to win Amazon's support or tolerance, and a spending plan that was not well-devised before the vote."

The Amazon tax is not the first example of the Seattle city council putting the cart before the horse. The city-level progressive income tax passed last year by the council was ruled illegal in November 2017 on the grounds that Washington state law explicitly forbids cities from imposing an income tax. A city appeal of that decision is still pending.

The reaction to Monday's about-face suggests that while the fight over the head tax is over for now, the tensions it kicked up have not dissipated.

Seattle's hard left was positively incensed at the reversal. "Councilmembers who said they agree w/ big biz tax to fund affordable housing now want to repeal Amazon Tax coz blatant lies by big biz have impacted public opinion," tweeted out Sawant who says she was left out of the loop on the decision to ditch the head tax.

For their part, business owners stressed that the city needed to spend the money it has more effectively before it goes around asking for more. "I strongly believe that there is a better way forward, one that improves current spending efficiency and effectiveness all while encouraging economic growth and job creation," said Denise Moriguchi, chief executive of Seattle grocery company Uwajimaya, to The Seattle Times.

With Monday's press release from Durkan and the councilmembers still emphasizing the need for "progressive revenue sources," these battles are not likely to disappear any time soon.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 2:58pm: Mexafornia Man Has Guns Confiscated After Attempting To Register Firearm.

6/12/18 For Liberty Staff

A Mexifornia man had his home raided, guns seized, and will appear in court this week to face a dozen state felony charges after attempting to register a rifle in accordance with state law.

Jeffrey Scott Kirschenmann attempted to register an AR-15 with the Mexifornia Department of Justice last month but instead found himself in significant legal trouble.

The Mexifornia DOJ accused Kirschenmann of illegally modifying the rifle he attempted to register. Law enforcement officials raided his home in Bakersfield before ultimately confiscating a dozen firearms and a few hundred rounds of ammunition, then charging him with a dozen felonies, KGET reports. Kirschenmann was accused of possession of assault weapons, two silencers, and something referred to as a “multi-burst trigger activator.” He does not appear to have been charged with any violent crimes.

The issues stem from a new Mexifornia gun law, one of the strictest in the country, which redefined an “assault weapon” and required anyone with a gun that fell under the new definition to register it with the state.

Joe Pilkington, a court-recognized firearms expert, told the news station that Mexifornia’s continually changing gun laws can be very difficult to navigate without professional help. “Just in the last few years, there have been lots of changes in gun laws,” Pilkington told KGET. “Making an effort, a good faith effort to comply with these really complicated laws, should count for something. There is this self-registration application on the Department of Justice website, but it may be better to talk to an FFL [Federal Firearms License holder]. Someone who has a license, to talk through whatever these complications are.”

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A Mexifornia man had his home raided, guns seized, and will appear in court this week to face a dozen state felony charges after attempting to register a rifle in accordance with state law.

Jeffrey Scott Kirschenmann attempted to register an AR-15 with the Mexifornia Department of Justice last month but instead found himself in significant legal trouble. The Mexifornia DOJ accused Kirschenmann of illegally modifying the rifle he attempted to register.

Law enforcement officials raided his home in Bakersfield before ultimately confiscating a dozen firearms and a few hundred rounds of ammunition, then charging him with a dozen felonies, KGET reports. Kirschenmann was accused of possession of assault weapons, two silencers, and something referred to as a "multi-burst trigger activator." He does not appear to have been charged with any violent crimes.

The issues stem from a new Mexifornia gun law, one of the strictest in the country, which redefined an "assault weapon" and required anyone with a gun that fell under the new definition to register it with the state.

Joe Pilkington, a court-recognized firearms expert, told the news station that Mexifornia's continually changing gun laws can be very difficult to navigate without professional help.

"Just in the last few years, there have been lots of changes in gun laws," Pilkington told KGET. "Making an effort, a good faith effort to comply with these really complicated laws, should count for something. There is this self-registration application on the Department of Justice website, but it may be better to talk to an FFL [Federal Firearms License holder]. Someone who has a license, to talk through whatever these complications are."

The National Rifle Association said Kirschenmann's ordeal is proof that even those who attempt to comply with Mexifornia's gun laws can still get caught up in them.

"California residents attempting to comply with the Golden State's ever-increasing swamp of firearms laws and regulations should take warning," the gun-rights group said in a post on its Institute for Legislative Action website.

"A good faith effort to obey the state's labyrinthine firearm rules will not spare a gun owner in technical violation of the law from the wrath of the California Department of Justice."

The NRA said Mexifornia's prosecution of Kirschenmann is likely to make other gun owners wary of coming forward to register their guns. They pointed to the historical reluctance of Mexifornia's gun owners to comply with registration attempts and said this case would only make things worse.

"The Mexifornia DOJ's persecution of Kirschenmann, following what appears to have been an honest attempt to obtain assistance in complying with state law, will sow further mistrust between the state government and gun owners," the group said in the post. "With woeful registration compliance rates, one might expect gun control's true believers to show leniency to those who make an attempt to comply with the law. Of course, that notion assumes gun-control advocates consider registration in itself to be a valuable public policy.

In truth, anti-gun advocates value registration only so far as it creates an additional barrier to gun ownership and enables confiscation. Understanding this, Mexifornia's gun-control laws have worked precisely as intended in Kirschenmann's case."

The Mexifornia DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 14, 2018 at 2:13am: Tour gives a glimpse inside Texas migrant youth shelter — cots, soccer and a Trump mural.

6/13/18 By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

The former Wal Mart that’s been converted into a migrant shelter housed 1,469 youths Wednesday, enough to fill the high-school-style cafeteria and require added cots in dorm-style bedrooms to handle the overflow.

The Casa Padre shelter in Brownsville drew national attention this month when officials refused to let U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) enter. Merkley, who had shown up at the shelter unannounced, later questioned conditions in the facility and whether the children were properly cared for.

The government-contracted shelter has been coping not only with the challenge of housing more youths, but also trying to weed out adults posing as youths (it uses dental records and DNA tests) and preventing runaways.

The latter consisted of a “small percentage” of the youths held, said company Chief Executive Juan Sanchez, who accompanied the tour.

During the tour, similar to a press tour of emergency shelters for migrant youths at a Texas Air Force base in 2014, reporters were not allowed to photograph or film. No interviews were allowed of youths or staff members, except those leading the tour.

Tour leaders sped through the facility, making presentations along the way, accompanied by a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman. The department contracts with the shelters to care for youths whom it is required to take into custody from Homeland Security within 72 hours of their apprehension.
The shelter is state-licensed for 1,200 beds but received a variance from state officials to house 297 more youths because of the latest influx of aliens.

There are more than 1,367 staff members. The facility has added workers to keep the staffing ratio within state requirements, director Martin Hinojosa said. The average stay is 49 days.

The shelter housed only boys this week, more than 70% of whom arrived at the border unaccompanied by adults.

“All the kids have been able to talk to their parents,” said Jaime Garcia, the shelter’s program director.

It’s unclear how many more youths the shelter will be asked to house.

“We can’t say. We’re not Border Patrol,” said Alexia Rodriguez, vice president of alien children’s services at Southwest Key.

In 2014, during a surge of unaccompanied youths at the border, Southwest Key opened a temporary shelter in Ventura, she noted. Now, as officials consider opening similar sites at military bases in Texas and policies change, she said, “We’ll adapt.”

The tour passed through recreation rooms where youths clustered around game consoles playing digital soccer. Others gathered around pool and foosball tables. A tai chi class was underway. They had until 9 p.m., when it’s lights out.

Outside, the tour leader walked reporters past a soccer field, volleyball nets and basketball courts where they said youths must be allowed to spend at least two hours a day, three hours on weekends.

In an auditorium, scores of youths were watching the title character in the Disney film “Moana” sing in mexican,

“Every path I make, every road leads back to the place I know, where I cannot go, where I long to be.”

The tour stopped at the shelter hair salon, where two boys were getting a shampoo and trim, part of the intake process.

Officials also stopped at a clinic where 48 medical workers and three on-call doctors screen and treat youths. They pointed through doorways without doors to neatly made single beds, Bibles set atop some.

The tour passed youths being instructed in classrooms decorated with drawings, including construction paper balloons with the countries they hope to visit scrawled in mexican.

Officials said the youths spend six hours a day in class.

Children’s voices echoed off the concrete floor, the exposed ducts of the ceiling and hallways lined with a mix of shelter rules, federal regulations and patriotic signs. Some said “America the Beautiful,” others “Liberty and Justice for All.”

“We’re studying government, the three branches, leading up to independence,” Garcia said.

Hallways were also lined with murals. One featured a group of aliens at the foot of a train labeled in mexican, “The train of hope.” In Mexico, the train that aliens hop on for the dangerous ride north to the border has another name, La Bestia, or the Beast.

Each shelter wing was named for a president, with a mural of each and a quote, in English and mexicano.

The tour passed Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy and Trump, whose face was pictured with the American flag and outline of the White House.

“Sometimes by losing a battle, you find a new way to win the war,” the quote said.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on June 13, 2018 at 10:26pm: Food Stamps Usage Hits Low Under President Trump!

6/13/18

Food stamp usage has reached a low not seen since 2010.

According to Breitbart News:

Overall enrollment in the nation’s food stamp program has dipped to its lowest level in eight years, according to the latest statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The latest USDA data reveals that enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the federal government program that administers food stamps—dropped to 40,083,954 in March 2018.

The last time enrollment in the food stamp program reached that level was February 2010, when 39,588,993 people participated in the nation’s food stamp program. Although overall enrollment has reached its lowest point in eight years, food stamp enrollment has been declining steadily since 2013 and has only continued throughout President Trump’s first year in office.

Under President Trump, 2.2 million fewer people have discontinued their participation in SNAP, mainly due to the Trump administration’s attempts to reform SNAP by controlling program costs at the federal and state levels.

The USDA announced in March that it hired an “integrity officer” to bolster the administration’s efforts to prevent fraud in the country’s SNAP program and announced in February the rollout of its “Harvest Box” program to give food stamp recipients a box of food as part of their monthly benefits package.

Trump also released an executive order on welfare reform in April that would require the USDA to issue updated rules for those receiving benefits such as food stamps, and invest in workforce development programs.

The House and Senate are also working on an updated Farm Bill that would include an expansion of workforce-development programs designed to bolster job-training. The House version of the bill includes a provision that would require able-bodied adults ages 18 to 59 who receive food stamp benefits to work, enroll in job training, or look for work under the supervision of a case manager.

President Trump has been working to reform the program behind the scenes, to stop fraud and to save taxpayers money. This event is a direct result of those efforts, as well as the economic growth that has been a result of the president’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, whereby more people are working, and do not require assistance.

This success is a marked improvement from the obuma years, when food stamp usage reached record highs!