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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2025 – The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), and nearly 1,500 national, state, and community-based organizations signed a letter urging Congress to repeal the recent cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by cosponsoring the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025.
The bill, soon-to-be introduced by Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition Ranking Member Luján (D-NM) and Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Klobuchar (D-MN) and House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition Ranking Member Hayes (D-CT) and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Craig (D-MN), would repeal all of the unprecedented and harmful SNAP cuts enacted in the budget reconciliation law.
The $187 billion cut to SNAP over the next decade is the largest cut to the program ever enacted and will result in more poverty and hunger. According to the independent Congressional Budget Office (CBO), nationally, roughly 4 million people, including children, older adults, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, will see their food assistance taken away or cut substantially.
The budget reconciliation law imposes unprecedented burdens on both states and families. For the first time in history, states will be forced to pay a share of SNAP benefits, while also seeing their share of administrative costs jump from 50 to 75 percent. This dramatic cost shift will force states to do more with less, straining already tight budgets, undermining their capacity to serve families, and leaving millions with less access to the food they need.
“These cuts will increase hunger, and states are not in a financial position to take on these new costs. They simply cannot afford it,” said Crystal FitzSimons, president of FRAC. “States will be forced to radically cut the number of eligible families receiving food assistance or find other ways to cut spending or increase taxes. If states can’t pay the tab, they will be forced out of SNAP entirely, eliminating SNAP for everyone who is eligible. These cuts simply cannot stand as they will reverse decades of progress in the fight against hunger in America.”
SNAP is the most effective anti-hunger program in the country and helps lift people out of poverty. It not only alleviates hunger but also stimulates local economies, supports educational outcomes for children, and reduces long-term health care costs.
“These cuts will raise families’ grocery costs, taking food assistance away from millions of people, including children and veterans, and forcing unaffordable costs on states,” said Ty Jones Cox, vice president of Food Assistance at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. “When states can’t pay those costs, they would be left with two choices — take SNAP benefits away from large numbers of people or end their SNAP programs entirely. Congress must reverse course to prevent a hunger crisis of our own making.”
FRAC and CBPP both urge Congress to support this bill and use every opportunity to pass legislation to mitigate the harm that these cuts will cause for states, families, and local economies.
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The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) improves the nutrition, health, and well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the United States through advocacy, partnerships, and by advancing bold and equitable policy solutions. To learn more, visit FRAC.org and follow us on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky.
About the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances federal and state policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources they need to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.