Trump Budget Cuts to Snap

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Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak for our food insecure families.

Federal anti-hunger programs like SNAP play a vital role in the lives of 12th District families, but the Trump Budget slashes $182 billion from food assistance programs.

President Trump's proposal to cut SNAP benefits comes on the heels of three USDA rules which will cut benefits for almost 4 million Americans and jeopardize 1 million children's access to free school breakfast and lunch.

These are real people they're hurting. These are our children, our friends, our neighbors.

Here's the sad truth: this President wants to pay for his billionaire tax cuts by letting children starve.

A couple months ago, I visited Windsor Park Elementary School in Charlotte as they were putting together their first food pantry for students.

Of their 650 students, many are homeless and 150 have immediate needs.

Their food pantry was put together because students kept asking their teachers and administrators for food.

Principal Shanna Rae told a local TV station that ``you can tell a difference in students when they have something to eat.''

That's not Oliver Twist: sadly, that's our community.

Over 20 million children across our country rely on SNAP.

Instead of cutting SNAP, we should expand it, so that children and families don't have to worry about where their next meal is going to come from.

Scripture tells us that Jesus said, ``Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.''

How can we expect them to do that if they have nothing to eat?

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