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Senate Ag Republicans: SNAP cost increase could make it harder to pass farm bill

02/16/23 2:58 PM By Jacqui Fatka
KEYWORDS 2023 farm bill family safety net farm safety net Sen. John Boozman Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow SNAP Thrifty Food Plan

Senate Agriculture Committee Republicans criticized USDA’s “unilateral” increase to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and warned the rising costs could make it more difficult to make other needed changes to the farm bill, during the committee’s nutrition oversight hearing on Thursday morning.

Jacqui fatka

Jacqui Fatka
Associate Editor

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