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Snap Cuts in Rhode Island

Floor Speech

By: Gabe Amo
By: Gabe Amo
Date: Dec. 11, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, putting food on the table is about to get exponentially harder thanks to the $187 billion Republicans cut from SNAP in their big, ugly law.

These harmful cuts impact roughly 35,000 Rhode Islanders.

We saw the devastating consequences of SNAP uncertainty when Republicans let funding for the program lapse during the government shutdown. Demand at food pantries across my district shot up.

Thankfully, Rhode Islanders do what they always do and stepped up to care for their neighbors. I have joined volunteers at the Mount Hope Community Center in Providence, the ELISHA Project in Pawtucket, the Milagros Project in Woonsocket, and St. Raymond's Church Food Pantry in Providence.

I heard directly from Rhode Islanders about the pain of rising grocery costs and their fears about losing SNAP.

Many will be working for months to recover from the hardship of just 1 month of late SNAP payments.

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