Don’t handcuff SNAP to pay for farm supports, says Vilsack

Conservative lawmakers are trying wrongly to constrain SNAP benefits at the same time they want to expand crop subsidies in the new farm bill, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday. They should use some creativity and look elsewhere, he said. Republicans in Congress have been irked for two years by the Biden administration’s update… » Read More

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