[D-SNAP\Florida]
On March 22, Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a letter to the administration requesting an emergency declaration for the state of Florida and the activation of D-SNAP.
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SNAP
‘HUNGER FREE AMERICA’ ORGANIZATION: TRUMP RENEGING ON PROMISE TO BOOST SNAP BENEFITS
[COVID-19\SNAP\Food Stamps]
Large numbers of older Americans have lost meals due to senior center shutdowns. In addition, millions of Americans who previously worked for modest wages and/or depended on tips to survive have suddenly lost jobs.
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS: TRUMP TAKES FOOD FROM POOR WHILE GIVING RICH TAX BREAKS
[Congress\White House\Food Assistance]
Rep. Waters: “Trump’s latest rule callously slashes $5.5 billion from the Food Stamp program…According to an Urban Institute report, Trump’s Food Stamp cuts will take benefits away from a total of 3.7 million people and cut benefits by a total of $4.2 billion per year…Trump’s heartless cuts to this critical anti-poverty program are in addition to his callous attempts to slash low-income housing. The Trump budget request cuts HUD funding by 18 percent.”
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OHIO CONGRESSWOMAN FUDGE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW SNAP RULE ESCALATES WAR ON WORKING AMERICANS
[Congressional News\ SNAP]
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge: “Instead of considering hungry individuals and their unique struggles and needs, the Department has chosen to paint them with the broadest brush, demonizing them as lazy and undeserving. The President has cynically weaponized USDA as a blunt political instrument, in clear opposition to its mission to ‘do right and feed everyone.’ USDA has sunk to a new low in its war on the poor.”
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NEW JERSEY LAWMAKERS OPPOSE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSAL RESTRICTING SNAP BENEFITS FOR POOR FAMILIES
[New Jersey News]
“According to recent data, roughly one million New Jerseyans experience food insecurity and nearly 700,000 New Jerseyans received SNAP benefits so far this year. Of those, over 300,000 were children. If this rule were to be enacted, some of those children would be at risk of losing their eligibility for free school meals.”
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