SNAP and the Farm Bill

If the Republican majority in the House takes a big whack out of the food stamp or nutrition programs, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig said the farm bill will fail. “This committee truly has a choice before it,” said Craig. “Do we want to make American families hungrier and farmers poorer so that a handful of billionaires can get richer or do we want to pass a bipartisan five-year farm bill?” Committee Chair Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson refused to back down. “Clearly, there is a need to strengthen the connection between receiving SNAP and securing employment,” said Thompson. “We can examine the relationship between SNAP and employment by taking a closer look at two key components of the program. work requirements and SNAP employment and technical education programs.”