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Democrats press House GOP leaders to maintain SNAP benefits

Democrats press House GOP leaders to maintain SNAP benefits Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee on Monday called on Republican leaders to stop threatening cuts to SNAP benefits with less than two months to finish up the 2023 farm bill, and warned that continued threats could jeopardize the prospects for progress on the bill. In a letter addressed to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the 25 Democrats on the committee expressed concerns about comments from McCarthy's leadership team threatening potential cuts to the largest U.S. food aid program to low-income Americans and asked the speaker not to interfere with the committee's work .The Democrats touted the bipartisan nature of the committee and praised the Republican chair, Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Penn.) for pledging to keep the bill bipartisan.  "As we work on the 2023 Farm Bill, we would ask that you continue to honor that tradition by letting the Committee work its will, and then respect the product that we hope comes out of our process later this Fall," the Democrats wrote in the letter, led by ranking member Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.)"The continued threat of making additional changes to SNAP eligibility or benefits is not helpful and even undermines Chairman Thompson as he works with his Democratic and Republican membership to bring a bipartisan farm bill out of the Agriculture Committee," they continued in the letter. If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please click here 14125 West State Highway 29 Suite B-203 (Box 372) Liberty Hill, Texas 78642