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House Democrats sent a letter to Perdue and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney warning against cuts to federal nutrition programs in the Trump administration's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal, as well as calling for more funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read the letter here.

On Capitol Hill, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel, told the House of Representatives on Wednesday that its gun control efforts did not go far enough and called for patching the background check system and banning bump stocks. “We all appreciate the emotion and passion by the high school students across our country but we realize, as they do, that thoughts and prayers only go so far,” Panetta. “So now it is up to congress to govern, not just by crisis but actually by leadership, to make our schools, our communities and our countries safer.”

SALINAS — Some Salinas students debated the issue of gun control, some shouted "enough is enough" in the rain while marching to city hall and others stood in the formation of a peace sign Wednesday as students across the nation walked out of class to protest gun violence.

SALINAS, Calif. - Students at Alisal High School in Salinas joined the national movement and held a rally centered around remembering those who were killed in the Parkland, Florida school shooting and calling for change.

"This morning I really thought, 'Wow, I'm being part of something that can change the whole world. This is happening in my moment and I need to take action right now,'" senior Jasmine Mejia said.

A fight over how tough to make work requirements in the food stamp program is already threatening to derail the House farm bill, which some see as one of the only shots for bipartisan legislation this year.

The House Agriculture Committee, which was expected to release its bill as early as this week, is keeping a very tight lid on its proposal to change the program. But what little has leaked out has infuriated groups on the left and the right, jeopardizing its prospects for passage.