WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition and Specialty Crops, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and Hunger Free Vermont this week hosted a press call on Republicans\u2019 efforts to gut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a critical anti-hunger program that helps more than 41.6 million Americans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the House Agriculture Committee held a markup on the Republican tax bill, which will cut $290 billion in SNAP benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cWe\u2019re at the moment of truth\u2014it\u2019s the time for action and no longer just talk. Here\u2019s the truth: Republicans\u2019 plan is about taking things away from people who need them and depend on them. In Vermont, about 1 in 10 Vermonters are receiving SNAP benefits. And that is our poorest Vermonters, low-income folks, kids\u2014it makes a huge difference in their life that they can have access to SNAP,\u201d said Senator Welch<\/strong>. \u201cNow, our Republican colleagues are talking about taking about $290 billion out of the SNAP program. This is really about taking away basic nutritional security that is so absolutely essential to the wellbeing of our families and our kids in Vermont and in every single state across the nation.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Watch a livestream of the press call <\/strong>aqu\u00ed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cInstead of working with Democrats to lower costs from President Trump\u2019s across-the-board tariffs, House Republicans have decided to pull the rug out from under families by cutting the SNAP benefits that 42 million Americans rely on to put food on the table \u2013 all to fund a tax cut for billionaires. That\u2019s shameful,\u201d said Ranking Member Klobuchar<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cSomething that we all know to be true is everyone deserves to have access to affordable, healthy, nutritious food, and make sure it\u2019s on the table. In my state, 1 in 4 people rely on SNAP, many of whom are children. If this program is cut at that $230 billion level, it devastates it,\u201d said Senator Luj\u00e1n<\/strong>. \u201cRepublicans are not looking out for their constituents who depend on federal programs\u2014they’re looking out for the wealthiest Americans and corporate interests, plain and simple.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThe combination of less food assistance for seniors and kids and Republican cuts in Medicaid is a prescription for a sicker America. This is health care 101: you need access to food to be healthy, and you need access to timely health care when you\u2019re ill. Under the Republican program, more people are going to get sicker,\u201d dijo el senador Wyden<\/strong>. \u201cWe are all in on this battle\u2014we\u2019ll be damned if we\u2019re going to see access to nutrition and health care lost in order to give tax breaks to people at the top.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThis Republican reconciliation bill is clear: families lose, billionaires win,\u201d dijo el senador Merkley.<\/strong> \u201cMillions of children will lose health care and go hungry\u2014there’s a good chance that lots of kids won\u2019t even be able to study in school. Nobody learns anything when they\u2019re hungry. It\u2019s pretty outrageous\u2014we need to say, \u2018hell no\u2019 to this.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cSNAP is one of the most effective anti-poverty and pro-health programs we have in America. It helps over 700,000 Oregonians, more than half of them children, seniors, or people with disabilities, put food on the table. When you cut SNAP, you\u2019re not cutting bureaucracy\u2014you’re cutting a child\u2019s breakfast, their dinner, and their family\u2019s dignity,\u201d said Governor Tina Kotek<\/strong>. \u201cThese changes are not just unsustainable cost shift to states \u2013 they are an attack on the food security of millions of hard-working Americans. They make it harder for states like mine to do our jobs, to meet urgent needs, and to plan responsibly. Instead of this shortsighted plan, we need to invest in American families and the food security that we know strengthens communities, supports our economies, and reflects the basic decency we owe one another.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cEvery day, one in ten Vermonters\u201485% of which are children, older adults, or people with disabilities\u2014rely on SNAP not only to afford groceries but to build better lives. Even the possibility of SNAP cuts is creating real harm, and we\u2019re hearing worries from Vermonters who are already budgeting every dollar about losing this vital support. Proposals to make deep, devastating cuts to SNAP can\u2019t be justified ever, and even less so now, when food prices are rising and families are already stretched thin. SNAP is a lifeline that must be protected, not slashed,\u201d said Ivy Enoch, SNAP Policy & Training Lead, Hunger Free Vermont<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Senator Welch has been a leading advocate for protecting and expanding access to nutrition programs in the Senate. Last week, Senator Welch joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in introducing the Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2025<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> legislation to help more Americans access SNAP by lifting Republicans\u2019 punitive time limits on SNAP eligibility requirements. Learn more about the bill aqu\u00ed<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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