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WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 — It is gut-wrenching that as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s birthday, House Republicans have decided to rip away the food assistance, health care, and other basic needs that support the independence of tens of millions of people in all corners of the country by passing (218–214) the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill.  

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2025 — Ahead of Independence Day, when our country honors freedom and opportunity, Senate Republicans rushed to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” advancing his agenda to dismantle critical supports for millions of people. In addition to extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for the wealthy and raising the federal debt ceiling by $5 trillion, the bill slashes billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), imposes time limits, restricts program eligibility, and shifts unsustainable costs to the states. The Senate bill takes away food assistance from millions of people in need and undermines the very promise of opportunity this country celebrates.

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2025 — Instead of rushing to meet an arbitrary deadline, Senate Republicans must realize that there are no solutions for the deeply flawed provisions in the harmful budget bill and that the bill must be rejected. It is unfathomable that on the eve of America’s birthday, Senate Republicans are speeding to pass a budget bill that would take food, health care, and other benefits away from millions of children, older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities. A time of celebration is being overshadowed by a dangerous agenda that would cause undue and generational harm to the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and our country. 

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2025 — A new report from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools — School Year 2024–2025, reveals a continued upward trend in the adoption of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which allows high-need schools to offer breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge. 

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2025— FRAC is deeply disappointed that the Senate Agriculture Committee’s budget reconciliation bill would weaken the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), our nation’s first line of defense against hunger. If lawmakers truly want families to thrive, small businesses to stay open, and rural communities to flourish, they would not be proposing cuts that would take food off the table for millions, eliminate jobs, and deepen economic hardship – they would protect SNAP.