Budget Digest: SNAP Reform Proposals
July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following budget digest:
SNAP Background. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the federal government's largest food assistance program. In 2019, the government will spend approximately $65 billion to provide SNAP benefits to almost 40 million low-income Americans. Over the next ten years, the cost of SNAP is projected to exceed $650 billion./1 . . .
SNAP Background. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the federal government's largest food assistance program. In 2019, the government will spend approximately $65 billion to provide SNAP benefits to almost 40 million low-income Americans. Over the next ten years, the cost of SNAP is projected to exceed $650 billion./1 . . .