"Look, most of the benefits for SNAP benefits are highest in red states. It doesn't matter to me that these people voted for Donald Trump, if they're MAGA I don't care. I don't want to see any American go hungry. When I'm in the district, people coming up to me nonstop at the grocery store, on the streets, Please stand strong, don't give in, I can't lose access to health care. This is too important for me and my family,'"
"It is my position it's been the position of AG's, it's been the position of the Democratic Party that the emergency reserves in the SNAP program were meant exactly for a government shutdown and other funding disruptions. Why do we think that? Because it's literally written into the bill. Why did it take a court order for the Trump administration to do the right thing and prevent Americans from going hungry? Why did the Trump administration say, We're not going to release SNAP funds,"
"She then went after the president and his ongoing construction projects at the White House while Americans suffer. Instead of scrambling to find a way to fill people's EBT cards and make sure they don't go hungry, we have a president who tweeted photos of his gilded bathroom so he's comfortable when he goes and has a pooh, she said."
Rep. Laura Friedman insisted that SNAP emergency reserves should be used to feed Americans during the four-week government shutdown, stating the reserves were explicitly designated for shutdowns and funding disruptions. She emphasized that many SNAP recipients live in red states and that voter affiliation does not change the obligation to prevent hunger. Friedman criticized the Trump administration for refusing to release SNAP funds until a court ordered compliance and described constituents pleading at grocery stores to protect access to food and health care. She contrasted those needs with the president publicizing White House bathroom photos amid the crisis.
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