Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to reverse SNAP cuts

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A team of House and Senate Democrats are working to reverse recent cuts to food assistance programs, including those outlined in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Their sponsoring legislation called the “Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act.” It aims to guarantee millions of Americans are still able to put food on the table.

The bill was introduced by a team of Democratic senators and representatives with the goal of reversing recent cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) they say would devastate American communities.

The Trump-led “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” introduced new guidelines as to who’s eligible for SNAP and shifted the burden of benefits to states. Lawmakers say the mandates could affect not only SNAP beneficiaries, but their entire communities.

“It’s, uh, jobs that will disappear because there’s not as much food being driven to the retailers, the grocery stores, the workers who put the food on the shelves,” said Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.).

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), criticized the cuts.

“These are poor people. They’re struggling. And they want people who actually deserve it not to be able to fill out the forms properly so they can cut them, it’s vicious,” he said.

According to the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), approved cuts would eliminate around $187 billion in food assistance over the next decade and cause a nearly $25 billion direct hit to America’s farmers.

The legislation follows recent challenges that saw SNAP benefits thrust into the spotlight as the U.S. Department of Agriculture had initially withheld November payments to beneficiaries during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.