{"id":1062,"date":"2023-04-17T13:23:08","modified":"2024-08-30T02:29:38","slug":"fetterman-statement-on-house-gop-proposal-to-cut-snap-funding","link":"https:\/\/www.fetterman.senate.gov\/fetterman-statement-on-house-gop-proposal-to-cut-snap-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Statement on House GOP Proposal to Cut SNAP Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Monday released the following statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/16\/gop-mccarthy-snap-food-stamps-00092243\">House Republicans\u2019 plan to cut funding for SNAP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCut SNAP for families and kids while pushing tax cuts for billionaires? Not on my watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. Fetterman on Wednesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriculture.senate.gov\/newsroom\/dem\/press\/release\/senators-stabenow-boozman-fetterman-braun-announce-subcommittee-hearing-on-nutrition-programs-in-the-farm-bill\">will chair his first subcommittee hearing<\/a>\u00a0in the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research for a hearing will focus specifically on SNAP and the critical assistance it provides to working families through the upcoming Farm Bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false}}