Ag secretary defends SNAP work requirements during Colorado visit

USDA Secretary Rollins says she is proud to have kicked children off Food Stamps

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Ag secretary defends SNAP work requirements during Colorado visit

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, at mic, and U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, a Fort Lupton Republican, at center right, hold a press conference Tuesday after participating in a roundtable with Colorado farmers and ranchers at Bobcat of the Rockies in Henderson. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans on Tuesday defended funding cuts and work requirements Republicans adde…

Evans Defends His Vote To Stop Giving Food to Millions of Low-Income People

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans on Tuesday defended funding cuts and work requirements Republicans added to federal food assistance programs that have led to thousands of Coloradans losing benefits.  Evans Rollins and Evans, a Fort Lupton Republican, hosted a roundtable with Colorado farmers and agricultural producers at Bobcat of the Rockies in Henderson. At a press conference after the roundtable, which w…

See Rep. Gabe Evans At His Absolute Worst

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins took a break from running “simulations” for her low-income diet of “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing” to visit Adams County with America’s Most Vulnerable Incumbent™ Rep. Gabe Evans for a “private roundtable” with agricultural industry representatives. Although the majority […]

Protecting SNAP Is an Investment in Mississippi’s Children and Future – Jackson Advocate

In Mississippi, a child’s ability to eat should not depend on a parent’s paycheck, where the family lives, or whether the household must choose among groceries, housing, utilities, and medicine. The problem is urgent. Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap estimated that 159,370 Mississippi children, about 23.6 percent of the state’s child population, experienced food insecurity in 2022. This is more than a troubling statistic. It reflects children …