Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement following a press conference hosted by House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04), at which Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins admitted that the Trump administration was failing the American people with regard to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
“Secretary… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the below statement following the rulings of Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts and Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island regarding the Trump administration’s decision to illegally withhold food assistance funding from needy families in November.
“As… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by a multistate coalition of 26 attorneys general to hold the Trump administration accountable for withholding food assistance from 42 million hungry Americans.
“Today, a coalition of attorneys general from across 25 states and the District of Columbia stood… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) andHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement concerning the Trump administration’s illegal move to withhold available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November:
“People across the country are struggling to make… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Ranking Member Jahana Hayes (CT-05) delivered the following opening statement at a subcommittee hearing titled “Exploring State Options in SNAP.” Watch the full hearing here.
[As prepared for delivery.]
I want to welcome our witnesses to the first hearing of the Subcommittee on… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) delivered the following opening statement at a Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee hearing titled “Exploring State Options in SNAP.” Watch the full hearing here.
[As prepared for delivery.]
Thank you, Chairman Finstad and Ranking Member Hayes, for allowing me to join today’s… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) and stakeholders from the veterans, foster youth and homelessness communities spoke out against Senate Republican efforts to take food away from these vulnerable populations by adding bureaucratic paperwork requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
In a bipartisan deal struck in… Read more »
Analysis from the non-partisan, independent budget office shows Congressional Republicans’ budget cuts will cause higher grocery costs for millions of Americans each month whose food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be taken away or reduced. The Congressional Budget Office projects that total cuts to SNAP will total nearly $290 billion in the… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled against President Trump’s worldwide tariffs.
“We cannot allow presidents to twist emergency declarations to circumvent the U.S. Constitution, usurp the role of Congress or ignore the courts. I applaud the… Read more »
Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) published an op-ed in the MinnPost. Read the full op-ed here and an excerpt below.
“The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps over 42 million Americans keep food on the table, is on Trump’s chopping block. SNAP provides only around $6 a day to help people meet their basic food needs.… Read more »
