The Republican-led US House of Representatives is proposing a US$230 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over ten years, which the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) says can have food and nutrition security implications for 40 million people.At the same time, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is pushing for reforms to reshape SNAP, including stricter work requirements and reassessing what foods should be eligible for purchase.
