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Lawmakers warn SNAP cuts and new tariffs would hit farmers and rural economies
Summary
Members of the House Agriculture Committee told witnesses that rolling back SNAP benefits or imposing state cost shares alongside an expanding tariff strategy would reduce farm revenue, shrink retail demand in rural counties and worsen food insecurity.
Multiple lawmakers used the House Agriculture Committee hearing to link proposed SNAP cuts and the administration's tariff actions to harms for farmers, rural retailers and local economies.
Ranking Member Ms. Craig and other Democrats argued that a $230 billion cut to SNAP would reduce farm revenue by about $30 billion and shrink demand in grocery supply chains. Representative McGovern and other members described the program’s multiplier effect: when SNAP recipients spend benefits locally it…
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