[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2580-H2581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     END HUNGER NOW--SNAP SKIMMING

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, last December, Democrats and Republicans 
negotiated a bipartisan deal to extend the law replacing stolen SNAP 
benefits for an additional 4 years.
  At the eleventh hour, Speaker Johnson and Republicans reneged on that 
deal, blocking reimbursement of stolen SNAP benefits.
  Since that time, thieves have stolen $10 million from 20,000 families 
in Massachusetts alone, leaving them with decimated food budgets and 
nowhere to turn, through no fault of their own.
  Now, some Republicans of Congress seem to be just discovering this 
problem after being shamed by their constituents. They are rolling out 
new bills to reimburse benefits.
  I ask my Republican colleagues, where were you in December when the 
law expired? Republicans tanked the bipartisan deal to continue benefit 
replacement.
  We don't need more gratuitous bills from Republicans who just voted 
to cut SNAP by $300 billion. We need them to step up and tell Speaker 
Johnson to schedule a vote on benefit replacement this week.
  Hungry families can't wait another 6 months for relief. Unlike so 
many of my Republican colleagues, they don't get invited to fancy 
dinners at Mar-a-Lago or billionaire-hosted fundraisers.
  Let's get serious and protect families from theft and end hunger now.

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