On the recordSeptember 26, 2023
The Thrifty Food Plan, this is the official political appointee who decided that the SNAP benefits weren't high enough, so they devised a new food plan that was used as a vehicle to just increase the SNAP benefits. The bottom line is we are spending over $100 billion a year. We have a $2 trillion deficit. We should reevaluate that increase in the Thrifty Food Plan that has resulted in a double-digit increase in SNAP benefits. What this amendment does is sends a clear signal to the administration that this probably wasn't a well-thought-out idea.
