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Lawmakers, witnesses spar over HR1 provisions as witnesses describe state SNAP controls and fraud tools
Summary
A House hearing on HR1 and SNAP focused on proposed work requirements, state error rates and fraud-prevention tools, with witnesses describing Wyoming’s quality control practices and debate over whether HR1 would shift costs to counties.
A House committee hearing on HR1 and changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Oct. 5 examined proposals to tighten work requirements, strengthen state accountability for payment errors and expand front‑end fraud detection, while witnesses and members debated who would bear program costs.
The hearing centered on how HR1 would change SNAP oversight and state responsibilities. Representative (Committee member) said HR1 “protects and strengthens SNAP’s ability to serve our most vulnerable neighbors” while also aiming to reduce what the lawmaker called incorrect benefit issuances. “No 1 in this room should be defending $10,000,000,000 a year in federal SNAP benefits going out the door incorrectly,” the representative said.
Miss Schmidt, a witness from Wyoming who described her state’s SNAP operations, told the committee Wyoming keeps its error rate below 6% and attributed that record to a continuous quality‑improvement process, data…
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