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Protecting Snap

Floor Speech

By: Gabe Amo
By: Gabe Amo
Date: May 15, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, recently Trump's Agriculture Secretary bragged with great pride about kicking 4.5 million Americans off of SNAP.

At a time when Republicans' tariffs and wars have jacked up grocery prices, it is not good news that Trump and Republicans are making Americans hungrier.

SNAP provides the bare minimum, just enough. But it means that kids in Woonsocket can focus on school and not on an empty stomach. It means moms in Pawtucket can worry a little less if there is enough on the breakfast table. It means veterans in Middletown have breathing room on their decisions to pay the light bill or buy food. It means seniors in Smithfield might not skip a prescription refill to eat.

Celebrating ripping away 4.5 million American SNAP benefits is immoral and wrong.

If this administration actually wanted to help families, they would lower costs, not take away food and make life more expensive.

We have to protect SNAP.

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