Twenty-five Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to stop calling for further cuts to the largest U.S. food aid program for low-income Americans as a key committee considers a $728 billion farm and nutrition spending bill.
The letter written to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reflects rising partisan tensions in Congress over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program . The Democrats, all members of the House Agriculture Committee, told McCarthy that continuing Republican talk of SNAP cuts could jeopardize progress on this year's farm bill.
"Playing partisan SNAP politics does nothing to address the needs of our farm and ranch families who depend on the other components of the farm bill," Representative David Scott, the panel's senior Democrat, and the other lawmakers wrote. They asked McCarthy to let the panel "work its will, and then respect the product that we hope comes out of our process later this fall."
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