Democrats Urge House GOP Not to Cut Food Stamps Program

House Agriculture Committee Democrats, led by David Scott (D-Ga.), express concerns to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over proposed changes to nutritional assistance programs in the upcoming Farm Bill, emphasizing bipartisan cooperation and potential implications for vulnerable populations.

A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits in a Brooklyn grocery store in New York on Dec. 5, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images

House Agriculture Committee ranking member David Scott (D-Ga.) led committee Democrats in a letter to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), voicing concern about the upcoming farm bill’s allowances for nutritional assistance programs.

The Aug. 7 letter (pdf), signed by every Democratic member of the committee, addressed continued proposals by members of the House Republican leadership to change the way the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), and others, are funded.