Rep. Figures Presses Trump Administration for Answers on the Future of SNAP
Washington - Today, during the House Agriculture subcommittee hearing Agriculture Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing: Exploring State Options in SNAP”, U.S. Representative Shomari C. Figures (AL-2) outlined the dangers of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to SNAP benefits for millions of Americans in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. If passed, the bill will make the sharpest cut to SNAP programs in history and could be eliminated in states that do not meet their cost share, the portion of a federal program covered by the state. During the hearing, Rep. Figures pressed the bipartisan witnesses, Chloe Green, Food and Nutrition Services Manager, American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), Joy Bivens, Franklin County, Ohio Deputy County Administrator, and Korin Schmidt, Wyoming Department of Family Services, Director, for answers about the future of SNAP in light of the administration’s proposed cuts. They resoundingly confirmed that if passed, the bill would undermine states’ ability to provide food assistance to millions of Americans – including over 750,000 in the state of Alabama – who rely on SNAP to put food on the table.
Transcript:
Rep. Figures: “To be crystal clear, what this bill did was create the potential for SNAP programs to no longer exist in any shape, form, or fashion, in terms of providing SNAP benefits in states that could not afford to or chose not to, for whatever reason, meet the cost-sharing. Is that a fair assessment of that, Ms. Green?”
Chloe Green, Food and Nutrition Services Manager, APSHA: “Yes, sir”
Rep. Figures: “Ms. Bivens”
Joy Bivens, Franklin County, Ohio Deputy County Administrator: “Yes, it is”
Rep. Figures: “Ms. Schmidt”
Korin Schmidt, Wyoming Department of Family Services, Director: “Yes, sir
Rep. Figures “I almost want to just sit in silence to let this sink in. The United States of America just signed into law a bill that will allow states essentially to determine whether or not they will provide food assistance to anyone. To federally funded food assistance to anyone.”
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