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Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) posted an official notice to states saying that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits would be paid in full, following a lengthy, unnecessary, and cruel delay by the Trump administration which culminated in a pair of federal courts forcing them to fund the program, against their strong objections.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement as President Trump’s government shutdown broke the record for the longest in history. A record previously held by President Trump.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration will tap existing emergency funds to partially cover SNAP benefits

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement in response to federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts issuing rulings that require the Trump Administration to use existing contingency funds to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, beyond November 1.

Since the day they took office, President Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought have been breaking the law, blocking Congressionally-approved public funding, and depriving American communities of crucial resources that were allocated on a bipartisan basis. A new fact sheet released today by House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) lays out some of the most flagrant violations of the law perpetrated by President Trump and Russ Vought.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers blasting the recent announcement from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought that the Trump administration will immediately pause over $11 Billion in funding for essential Corps projects in blue states and cities and will be “considering them for cancellation.”

As President Trump and Director Vought unlawfully cut off food assistance for millions of Americans, and Republicans extend their vacation while refusing to address the health care crisis they created, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released a new fact sheet on the impacts of President Trump’s shutdown and how he is breaking the law to inflict more pain in communities across the country.

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statement concerning the Trump administration’s illegal move to withhold available Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.