Feeding San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI know that the impact of the president\u2019s big beautiful bill was to massively cut supplemental nutrition assistance, SNAP,\u201d Schiff said. \u201cI wanted to see what that is doing to the demand for organizations like Feeding San Diego. How are they meeting that demand?\u201d<\/p>\n
The senator praised volunteers and staff members for helping serve a growing number of food-insecure residents facing inflation and high fuel prices.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that kills me right now is that the Pentagon wants $200 million for this Iran war while they\u2019ve cut $187 million out of SNAP,\u201d Schiff said. \u201cBasically, the food that would be going to feed people is instead going to support bombing Iran, and I think that is a terrible cost to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schiff, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said lawmakers are expected to begin negotiations on a major agriculture bill next month.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m certainly going to be fighting in those negotiations for that ag bill to restore some of the SNAP funding, to postpone further cuts to food assistance, so we don\u2019t make this problem worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Juarez said families like hers depend on the assistance provided by organizations such as Feeding San Diego.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m so thankful they have this,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m really thankful.\u201d<\/p>\n
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