(NAFB.com) – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee, responded to House Republicans passing its reconciliation bill that takes food assistance away from at least three million Americans by cutting $290 billion from SNAP funding. “Instead of working to lower grocery costs as they promised the American people they would, House Republicans are pulling the rug out from under millions of families by taking away federal assistance to put food on the table,” Klobuchar said. “They’re doing that even as President Trump’s tariff taxes raise food prices by more than $200 for the average family, all to fund more tax breaks for the wealthy.” She calls it “very wrong” and says they will fight against it in the Senate. “This Republican bill will mean more seniors, children, veterans, and people with disabilities will go to bed hungry,” she added. “It also means farmers will see billions in lost revenue.”
