In the last year alone, the Administration unveiled 3 proposed rules to slash SNAP benefits. Here are the facts:
Each proposal guts critical food assistance for hungry Americans
These attacks make clear the Administration is waging war on our most vulnerable citizens
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The latest attack came in October, when
@USDA issued a proposed rule to eliminate state flexibility to set a Standard Utility Allowance under SNAP. The change would reduce benefits for 1 in 5 SNAP households and strip benefits entirely from thousands.(7/8)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/politics/trump-food-stamp-cuts.html …Show this thread -
SNAP is an effective anti-hunger, poverty-relieving program. As I said in an October oversight hearing, it is unconscionable that the Administration is continuing to push these 3 proposals to kick roughly 4 million people off of life-saving food assistance.
#HandsOffSNAP (8/8)pic.twitter.com/x7TMR4jGiuShow this thread
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The cruelty is and always will be the point with Trump.
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