WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday evening, the House Agriculture Committee released the text of its budget reconciliation package ahead of a Tuesday evening markup by the committee.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after releasing the committee print to comply with the reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(1). “For far too long, the SNAP program has drifted from a bridge to support American households in need to a permanent destination riddled with bureaucratic inefficiencies, misplaced incentives, and limited accountability,” said Thompson. “This portion of the One Big, Beautiful Bill restores the program’s original intent, offering a temporary helping hand while encouraging work, cracking down on loopholes exploited by states, and protecting taxpayer dollars while supporting the hardworking men and women of American agriculture.”
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released a statement blasting what she calls “catastrophic cuts to food assistance” in the reconciliation package. “With American families feeling anxious about the economy and so much uncertainty in farm country, this is not the time to make reckless cuts to basic needs programs,” said Craig. “Yet, Republicans are fast-tracking catastrophic cuts to food assistance, taking food away from seniors living on fixed incomes and parents who are struggling to afford groceries for their children. Decimating the nutrition title of the farm bill to fund tax breaks for the already wealthy and large corporations leaves farmers and the families they feed behind. We should make food assistance work better for those it was designed to protect – like children and moms – not cut it so Republicans can fund more tax breaks for those at the very top.”
Text can be found here.
A section-by-section can be found here.
An overview can be found here.
A one-pager on state accountability can be found here.
A one-pager on prioritizing work in SNAP can be found here.
Watch the markup live here.
