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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.

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2025 — The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission report released today fails to recognize the inextricable link between hunger and health. Nearly 14 million children in this country live in households that struggle to get the nutrition they need, threatening their growth and development and increasing their risk of chronic disease. Hunger is a major driver of poor health and must be addressed as a public health crisis.

Washington, May 22, 2025 — Today’s passage of the House budget bill marks a devastating reversal in the fight against hunger in America. The vote along party lines (215–214) to upend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by permanently changing its structure and cutting $300 billion over the next decade will take food off the table for millions of families, children, older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities while also harming farmers, grocers, state and local governments, and the overall economy.

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2025 — The House Agriculture Committee sent a clear message that the health, economic stability, and dignity of tens of millions of people in this country who struggle to put food on the table are last on their priority list. The committee’s budget reconciliation bill, passed tonight (29-25 along party lines), would slash over $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s most effective anti-hunger tool, and shift costs to already overburdened state and local governments. See FRAC’s analysis of the bill. Cuts to SNAP, combined with cuts to Medicaid and economic mobility programs, will lead to increased hunger and poverty.

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2025 – The Board of Directors of the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) has selected Crystal FitzSimons to serve as president of the national anti-hunger organization after a nationwide search facilitated by Boardwalk Consulting. FitzSimons has been with FRAC for 26 years, most recently serving as FRAC’s interim president since July 2024.