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Updates from the Office of Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry.

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The Senate Parliamentarian has made it clear that Republicans cannot use their highly partisan budget to cut nutrition assistance by shifting major costs to states. We will continue fighting to protect SNAP. nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/…

The Senate Parliamentarian has made it clear that Republicans cannot use their highly partisan budget to cut nutrition assistance by shifting major costs to states. We will continue fighting to protect SNAP.
nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/…
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🚨Breaking News🚨 CBO confirms: The proposed Republican Senate bill would end SNAP for 2.9 million Americans, including 1.1M who live where jobs are scarce, 900K seniors, 600K parents, and 270K veterans, homeless, & former foster youth.

Tina Kotek (@tinakotek) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve seen firsthand how SNAP food assistance helps families survive, live with dignity, and move forward. While Congressional Republicans and President Trump boast about cutting SNAP, let’s remember it’s not about reducing bureaucracy - that’s about letting people go hungry.

I’ve seen firsthand how SNAP food assistance helps families survive, live with dignity, and move forward. While Congressional Republicans and President Trump boast about cutting SNAP, let’s remember it’s not about reducing bureaucracy - that’s about letting people go hungry.
Senator Amy Klobuchar (@senamyklobuchar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I joined governors from across the country to discuss how the Big Beautiful Betrayal takes food away from millions of families, blows a hole in state budgets, and undercuts our farmers and independent grocers. When the American people learn what’s in the bill, they don’t like it.

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23 of our Nation’s Governors: “If states are forced to end their SNAP programs, hunger and poverty will increase, children and adults will get sicker, grocery stores in rural areas will struggle to stay open, people in agriculture and the food industry will lose jobs.”

23 of our Nation’s Governors: “If states are forced to end their SNAP programs, hunger and poverty will increase, children and adults will get sicker, grocery stores in rural areas will struggle to stay open, people in agriculture and the food industry will lose jobs.”
Senator Ben Ray Luján (@senatorlujan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just offered my amendment to save the SNAP program – to protect food assistance for kids, seniors, and veterans. All but two Republicans voted to keep these devastating cuts.

Tammy Duckworth (@senduckworth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits. There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.

Adam Schiff (@senadamschiff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just offered a simple motion on the Senate floor. Stop the Big Ugly Bill from ripping food assistance away from families with kids under 12. Republicans blocked it.

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Today, Ranking Member Klobuchar called a vote on her amendment to ensure that states with the highest SNAP error rates don’t get preferential treatment when it comes to cost shifts:

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“My grandfather used to tell me that you don’t have to be rich to lead a rich life. No program better reflects this belief than one that ensures our most vulnerable neighbors have enough to eat.”  Thank you, Rachael Ray. x.com/washingtonpost…

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Getting nutritious foods during the summer months keeps kids ready to learn when school is back in session.  To find a SunMeals site near you, visit fns.usda.gov/summer/sunmeals

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Farmers with 2023/2024 eligible losses, expect pre-filled disaster aid applications in the mail or contact your local FSA office. More: usda.gov/about-usda/new…

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College students, particularly first-generation students, veterans, and those doing later-in-life education to further their careers, rely on SNAP—cuts to SNAP prevent them from receiving the nutrition they need to improve their lives.  usnews.com/news/national-…

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Trump's SNAP cuts will overwhelm food banks already stretched thin. Nonprofits can't fill the gap and Americans will go hungry. axios.com/2025/07/13/sna…

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“Every dollar spent on SNAP generates $1.54 in benefits for local economies, according to 2019 research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service” cnbc.com/2025/07/10/tru…

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Instead of sending 500 metric tons of emergency food assistance to starving children, the Administration has decided to pay $130,000 to destroy it in the name of government efficiency.  theatlantic.com/health/archive…

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Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid do not actually shrink the size of government; they simply pass the buck to local officials who are forced to cut vital social services, or raise local taxes. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…