Luján Slams Latest Republican Effort to Gut SNAP

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ updated proposal to cut $211 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):

“Senate Republicans have unveiled yet another extreme proposal to gut SNAP – taking food off the plates of our friends, neighbors, and family members who are struggling to make ends meet and diverting those dollars directly to fund the next Tax Scam. These would be the deepest cuts in SNAP’s history, coming at a moment when families are already being squeezed by rising costs under the Trump administration. Not only will this proposal make it harder for families to put food on the table, it also creates a massive unfunded mandate that will blow a hole in state budgets.

“SNAP was established as a fundamental promise: no American should go hungry. By walking back that promise and turning their backs on a bipartisan Farm Bill process, Senate Republicans are making it harder for children, veterans, seniors, and folks with disabilities to eat, straining emergency food networks, and undermining the rural economies, farmers, and small businesses that rely on SNAP dollars.”

Last week, Senators Luján and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, convened a Senate Spotlight Forum titled “Hunger by Design: The GOP’s Assault on SNAP,” bringing together national experts and advocates to highlight the dangerous consequences of Congressional Republicans’ proposal to slash SNAP.

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