Press Releases

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:

“As we enter the sixth week of the Republican government shutdown, health care subsidies are set to skyrocket as previous subsidies expire, and 42 million Americans are losing food aid benefits.

“Today, President Trump announced that the Administration will only partially fund SNAP in blatant violation of two court rulings that found freezing payments to SNAP unlawful. To be clear, the Trump Administration has the contingency funding to fully fund SNAP. Partial funding simply isn’t sufficient to keep food on the tables of American families who have already missed their benefits due to the Administration's reckless and illegal inaction. There can be no further delay in releasing the full funding for SNAP benefits.

“Each day that goes by is another day a child, senior, or person with a disability in our country goes hungry because the Trump Administration would rather play politics than meet the needs of the American people.”