Lawmakers are shocked and outraged as Congress prepares to address the future of SNAP in this year's Farm Bill.
The chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , is 'shocked' at the backlash he's faced after proposing changes to the program.As committee chair, Republican Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson of Pennsylvania will lead the lower chamber's efforts in drafting a new Farm Bill, a comprehensive spending package passed every five to six years that directs U.S. food and agriculture policy.
If the budget results in SNAP receiving $30 billion less, she says, it amounts to a cut that the 'seniors and families' who participate in the program will feel.'The average person that's getting some help from us as Americans is getting $6.00 a day, and are trying to say that if they eliminate a small increase, that amounts to about $1.50 a week, that's not a big deal,' Stabenow told Newsweek. 'If you only have six dollars of food, that's a big deal.
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