{"id":1102,"date":"2023-05-15T22:23:03","modified":"2024-08-30T02:27:40","slug":"fetterman-response-to-house-gop-debt-default-proposal-including-additional-snap-work-requirements","link":"https:\/\/www.fetterman.senate.gov\/fetterman-response-to-house-gop-debt-default-proposal-including-additional-snap-work-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Response to House GOP Debt Default Proposal Including Additional SNAP Work Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><b>WASHINGTON, DC<\/b><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"> \u2013 Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Monday released the below statement following <\/span><a title=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4000974-here-are-the-top-four-areas-of-debt-ceiling-compromise-the-gop-is-eyeing\/\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4000974-here-are-the-top-four-areas-of-debt-ceiling-compromise-the-gop-is-eyeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">news<\/span><\/a><span class=\"normaltextrun\"> that increased work requirements for the SNAP program were on the table in debt default talks:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u201cIt\u2019s punitive adding more work requirements for SNAP.\u00a0SNAP already has work requirements. I didn\u2019t come here to take food away from hungry kids, and that\u2019s exactly what this proposal would do; a\u00a0proposal that would make Scrooge blush.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u201cI\u2019ve never met a SNAP recipient who aspires to stay on SNAP for life. Let\u2019s end the games, pay our bills, and get on with the important work people sent us here to do.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false}}