One Republican lawmaker agrees with the recent action by President Donald Trump to make changes for able-bodied adults who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Sources say the new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule aims get to able-bodied adults from ages 18-49, and who don’t have children, a waiver requirement to retain SNAP benefits to work at least 20 hours per week. Congressman Steve King of Iowa’s Fourth District believes the change is a positive one for the country. He describes what employers tell him when trying to hire more workers.

“We can’t compete with welfare, welfare pays too good, (and) we can’t get people off the couch and off to work. So if you can dial that down, more people will get out of their comfort zone and go look for a job.”

King points out when he was first elected to Congress in 2002, around 19 million people were using SNAP. During the Obama Administration, it was up as high as 47 million people, and since the Trump Administration, it is 41 million people using SNAP. The new rule change would not affect individuals older than 50, those who have children, people with disabilities and pregnant women.