WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released the following statement calling on President Trump to not cancel critical SNAP funding and urged his Administration to release the funds to support benefits in November. At the beginning of the Republican government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would use its multi-year contingency fund to continue paying SNAP benefits. However, USDA has now deleted that plan from its website and changed tune – putting at risk Nevadans’ access to SNAP funding. Earlier this year, Republicans cut an estimated $19 million for SNAP in Nevada next year as part of their “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Donald Trump is putting Nevada families at risk of losing critical food assistance by rescinding emergency SNAP funding that his Administration had already committed to use during the Republican government shutdown,” said Senator Rosen. “While we wait for Washington Republicans to reopen the government and work in a bipartisan way to protect access to affordable health care, I’m calling on the Trump Administration to make available the emergency SNAP funding it promised in September.”
Senator Rosen joined colleagues in sending a letter last week urging the Trump Administration to immediately release November SNAP benefits. She has also repeatedly pushed to reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits. She recently hosted a virtual roundtable with Nevadans who rely on the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits to afford their health coverage. Earlier this year, Senator Rosen helped introduce the Health Care Affordability Act to make the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits permanent — ensuring that Nevada families can continue to afford coverage. She also traveled up and down the state, meeting with hospital staff to discuss Washington Republicans’ extreme cuts to Medicaid and her legislation to reverse these cuts.
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