DeSantis Says Florida ‘Doing More’ to Help Families as SNAP Funding Stalls Amid Shutdown
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that Florida’s agriculture department will “be doing more” to help the nearly 3 million low-income residents who may go without federal food assistance during the ongoing government…
Gov. Ron Desantis said Monday that Florida’s agriculture department will “be doing more” to help the nearly 3 million low-income residents who may go without federal food assistance during the ongoing Government shutdown.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, the governor brushed off calls from state Democrats to declare an emergency and use state funds to replace the suspended federal aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
“I’m getting letters from Democrats saying, ‘You should declare an emergency and create your own SNAP,’ when they’re the ones that are filibustering SNAP,” DeSantis said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture previously announced it would freeze SNAP payments beginning Nov. 1 due to the shutdown. On Friday, two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funds to keep the program running, and on Monday, the administration said it would send out partial payments this month but would not tap into additional funds.
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