Hands Off Food Assistance

Senator Hughes recently held a telephone town hall with experts from across Pennsylvania to discuss how federal cuts to food assistance would hurt Pennsylvanians and our economy.

He was joined by:

• Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding
• CEO of Feeding Pennsylvania, Julie Bancroft
• Vice President of the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Michael Howells
• Executive Director of Share Food Program, George Matysik

The group discussed the many ways proposed federal cuts to food assistance and SNAP would hurt the health of Pennsylvanians, Pennsylvania’s farming industry, and our overall economy and access to jobs.

Here’s What to Know About Cuts Proposed by Republicans

House republican bill would take health care and food assistance away from poepol to pay for tax cuts for wealthy

Cuts proposed in the Republican Big Ugly Bill would strip $18B in SNAP benefits from households with children. It would be the biggest cut to food assistance in American history.

In Pennsylvania, over 400,000 residents would be at risk of losing some of their food assistance, including many children.

On a broader scale, the bill would raise the cost of groceries for up to 2 million Pennsylvanians. And the cuts could force between $212 million and $1.06 billion in new costs onto Pennsylvania.

No state has the capacity to cover the devastation of these cuts. Visit our website to learn more about what’s included in the big, ugly bill.

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The bill is now being negotiated and debated in the US Senate. Republican Senators have said they’re aiming to have the bill fully passed and sent to President Trump’s desk by July 4th.