[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 181 (Thursday, October 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S7847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           GOVERNMENT FUNDING

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, the Federal Government has a full lapse 
in funding and has for 30 days. This is not a new revelation.
  I want to alert Senator Schumer to a grave concern I have. On 
November 1, 42 million Americans including 131,000 Iowa families will 
lose their food stamps. Food stamps cost 9 billion a month to 
administer.
  I am calling on Senator Schumer to notify 42 million Americans that 
due to the Schumer Shutdown, their families won't be able to buy 
groceries with food stamps.
  Let's wake up to the fact that Washington is an island surrounded by 
reality. Iowans in the Real America aren't glued to the TV. Iowans are 
living their lives, working hard, raising their families. Their world 
doesn't revolve around Congress. But guess what? Senate Democrats are 
taking away their food stamps as leverage for unrelated political 
demands.
  Get the word out, Leader Schumer. Don't let Americans figure this out 
at the grocery store this weekend. That is unfair to the American 
people. Senate Republicans have voted 13 times to fulling fund 
government including food assistance. Fourty-four Senate Democrats have 
opposed fully funding government 13 times. Americans are suffering 
because Democrats are holding government hostage.
  I can't understand why Senate Democrats want Americans to lose access 
to their food assistance, law enforcement to go unpaid, and air traffic 
controllers to call in sick for work.
  I am begging Senator Schumer to return the government to the American 
people, as it is their government.

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