UK's Ziliak Testifies Before Congress on Poverty, Nutrition

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 3, 2015) — University of Kentucky Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics James Ziliak, who also is director of UK's Center for Poverty Research, testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Nutrition in Washington, D.C. last week. The subcommittee falls under the jurisdiction of the Agriculture Committee. 

The purpose of the hearing was to discuss changes in recent years in who receives food stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and why. 

Professor Ziliak, a widely quoted national expert on poverty issues, is co-editor of a forthcoming book to be published by the Stanford University Press titled "SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well Being."

More information on the hearing and Ziliak's testimony is available at this link:https://agriculture.house.gov/press-release/nutrition-subcommittee-holds-hearing-review-snap-recipient-characteristics-and.

Here is a link (in two parts) to video of the hearing: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/59291179 and http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/59294073

MEDIA CONTACT:  Carl Nathe, 859-257-3200; carl.nathe@uky.edu.