Republicans propose budget plan, targeting SNAP and Medicaid.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack’s choice to modify the longstanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) obligation practice.

“Make no mistake, Secretary Vilsack and Deputy Under Secretary Stacy Dean put politics over commonsense, ignoring scores of USDA financial analysts and policy experts. Using a memorandum from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities as their guide, Vilsack and Dean compromised the integrity of SNAP, the financial standing of USDA, and further eroded public trust,” said Kailee Buller, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The Trump Administration will immediately correct this egregious action, making certain material weaknesses like this do not happen again.”

House Bill 279, filed by Rep. Matt Lockett, R-Nicholasville, would ban snap purchases of junk food and other “accessory foods.”

Republicans are putting Medicaid and SNAP on the chopping block in order to reward their billionaire donors and big corporations with tax breaks," Pelosi wrote. "The American people cannot afford this extreme agenda."

Republican House Budget Proposal Outlines Plan to Reduce Medicaid Funding by $880 Billion and Decrease Food Assistance by 20%