Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cbarbermd@med-mastodon.com ("Carolyn Barber, MD") wrote:
40+ million Americans could lose food aid in days. The USDA is sitting on $5-6 billion in emergency funds — money Congress already set aside for crises like this — and refusing to use it.
This could become the largest hunger crisis since the Great Depression.
#snap #shutdown #press https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5572490-usda-snap-funding-impasse/