program, as well as our commodities program. those dollars put fuel in the trucks and cover the staff of those who are distributing the commodities to our agencies. over a million dollars in cuts on meals on wheels programs, and while our state has only gained nearly 25,000 jobs in the first nine months, we ve seen 6,000 new claims for unemployment. again, folks are not making it. they have not been making it as this unending great recession continues, and now it s just compacting the problem that we are seeing more people who are needing food more frequently. lisa, one of the reasons we wanted to speak with you again, and you ve joined us before, is because ohio is speaker boehner s backyard, and we looked back in september for some statements that he made on snap benefits, the supplemental nutritional program. what he said was that he wanted a set of common sense reforms that strengthen the safety net for our nation s poor, root out waste and fraud in the food