Scott DesJarlais actually said...

What originally was a program aimed at improving the diets of low-income households has ballooned into an $80 billion a year government handout.

DesJarlais criticizes the expansion and cost of the SNAP program.

01/11/2016

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SNAP is already projected to cost more than $1.2 trillion over the next 2 years.

I ask the Chairman to enter into the record a document from USDA Food and Nutrition Services on SNAP policy for non-citizen eligibility.

We could literally be looking at several million new SNAP recipients, and we need to be prepared for that.