Conaway plans ‘meaningful reforms’ to food stamps

Everything will be on the table when the House Agriculture Committee reviews the $70-billion-a-year food stamp program as part of writing the 2018 farm bill, said chairman Michael Conaway. “We will propose meaningful reforms to SNAP,” said Conaway, using the abbreviation for the program’s formal name, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In a speech at… » Read More

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