To the editor:
Let me make this crystal clear — no Farm Bill without SNAP.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is America’s last line of defense against hunger. It helps over 40 million people, most of them kids, seniors, and people with disabilities, put food on the table each month.
But in 2025, Congress took a hatchet to SNAP to pay for new tax cuts for the rich. Part of those cuts requires states to cover SNAP benefit costs for the first time ever. This multi-million-dollar shift in costs will force states to deeply cut their SNAP program. Hunger and poverty will skyrocket.
A new Farm Bill is being debated right now, and lawmakers could easily use that to reverse or delay this terrible cost-sharing rule. But the House Farm Bill ignores SNAP altogether.
Any farm legislation Congress considers this year must ensure people can eat. I demand our members of Congress reject any Farm Bill or farm bailout that does not undo these cruel cuts to SNAP.
Sincerely,
William Deignan
Medford
