This week, Congress finally caught up to one of those cans they kicked down the road last year. The Farm Bill—the piece of legislation that sets our national agriculture policy—must be renewed every five years. The Senate passed a version of the bill in June. But the Sept. 30 deadline came and went with no farm bill after GOP leadership refused to bring it to a vote in the House.

The sticking point? Disagreement over cuts to the program that accounts for nearly 80% of the farm bill’s costs—the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP—formerly known as food stamps.

Well, here we are again.

Congress has finally gotten around to reauthorizing the Farm Bill, and both chambers have put SNAP on the chopping block. The Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing a $4.1 billion cut. But the House version—as an enticement to deficit hawks to get on board—went five times farther with a $20.5 billion reduction in the program that feeds America’s hungry families.

So my letter this week is to the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.