Dallas City Wire

WASHINGTON – On April 17, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) pushed back against remarks made by Republican House Speaker McCarthy at a meeting with Wall Street bankers indicating he plans to cut SNAP benefits and add cruel and counterproductive work requirements to federal food assistance programs. Such cuts to SNAP would invariably result in the failure of the Farm Bill that American farmers, ranchers, food producers, and families depend on. 

"This morning, our Speaker met with Wall Street bankers to assure them that their profits - not the American people - are his top priority. His remarks indicating he still aims to use the 2023 budget negotiations to slash SNAP benefits are a slap in the face to the millions of Americans who have benefited from food assistance - including members of his own Caucus, who have said publicly they would not be in Congress if not for SNAP. Why should they get to benefit from food assistance, but not the hardworking Americans they represent?

"Make no mistake: I am not going to support cuts to SNAP or any additional and unnecessary work requirements within the 2023 Farm Bill, either from my position on the House Agriculture Committee or on the House Floor. And I'm not alone - these cuts are likely to sink bipartisan support for the 2023 Farm Bill and compromise its passage. That would be a disaster for the millions of farmers, ranchers, agricultural producers, and American families that depend on the reauthorization of this bill and the many programs it funds, and will contribute to even greater inflation at the grocery store just when prices are starting to come down. We MUST avert this disaster, and that's only possible if Speaker McCarthy drops his miserly schemes to starve the American people in order to keep Wall Street fat cats well-fed."

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett represents portions of Dallas and Tarrant Counties, with the cities of Dallas, Grand Prairie, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Duncanville, Glenn Heights, Hutchins, Wilmer, Arlington, Ovilla, and Seagoville.

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