[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 121 (Thursday, July 23, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H5190-H5191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SNAP ASSISTANCE RIPPED AWAY

  (Mr. AMO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AMO. Mr. Speaker, the data is in, and Trump's and Republicans' 
big, ugly law has been disastrous for Americans.
  We can now confirm that they have succeeded in ripping food 
assistance

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away from 4.5 million SNAP recipients, including 1.5 million children.
  In Rhode Island alone, that is over 16,000 people who are now heading 
to the grocery store with less to spend as costs rise because of 
Trump's tariffs and illegal wars.
  Across my district, I have spoken with food pantry leaders seeing 
rising demand. I have heard from Rhode Islanders struggling to feed a 
family on $90 a month in SNAP benefits.
  In the wealthiest country in the world, no one should have to worry 
about putting food on the table. We can do better than Trump's foreign 
wars and putting billionaires over the welfare of working people.

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