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Josh Shapiro: “The state does not have the ability to backfill these kinds…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund

Published November 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 36:36

They voted for it, eyes wide open, knowing what the results would be. I also was very clear that The state does not have the ability to backfill these kinds of cuts. And so this is a decision your federal government made to knock a half a million people off of Medicaid, knock over 100,000 off of Snap, and really harm our rural hospitals. (36:36–36:41)

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Asserts that the state cannot compensate for federal cuts to health care and SNAP.

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“1 in 8 of our neighbors relies on SNAP, including 714,000 Pennsylvania children.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 04:34-04:44
“Because of the longest federal government shutdown in history, 2 million Pennsylvanians lost their food assistance.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 05:11-05:19
“This is the first time ever that payments did not go out [for SNAP].”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 05:23-05:28
“We spend $366 million of federal money on those 2 million Pennsylvanians each and every month.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 10:20-10:28
“Your congressman from this district voted to cut 510,000 Pennsylvanians off of their health care.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 35:39-35:49
“Gut payments for Medicaid to rural hospitals, which is going to likely end up with 25 rural hospitals shuttering here in Pennsylvania.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 35:59-36:09
“2 million Pennsylvanians rely on SNAP.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 04:22-04:29
“The Trump administration has decided that it will not be issuing SNAP benefits for the month of November.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 05:28-05:36
“The federal government has billions of dollars on hand in congressionally appropriated contingency funds.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 05:49-05:58
“I took [the Trump administration] to court and I won.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:03-06:06
“The courts ruled in our favor and said that the Trump administration must use that contingency fund.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:08-06:15
“The United States Department of Agriculture is actually telling states that we have to jump through a whole bunch of bureaucratic hoops.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:20-06:30
“By their own admission, [USDA] will delay SNAP payments for more than one month.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:29-06:36
“We have a better way and a faster way that ironically, the Trump administration had previously approved where we could get these payments…”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:44-06:57
“That $5 million is going to make sure we're going to make it through until we can make the federal government change their mind.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 06:44-06:57
“The court ruled that you have to release the money and instead of doing it your way, usda, that's going to take more than a month.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 07:06-07:14
“We can do it in less than 10 days.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 07:13-07:17
“The Trump administration has made it harder every single step of the way.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 07:32-07:38
“First they sent us guidance that said if you, the state spend even a dollar on snap, we won't reimburse you for that.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 07:37-07:48
“After the courts ruled that they had to send the federal dollars, they erected all these barriers.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 07:49-07:56
“This declaration allows us to move resources faster and make sure food gets where it's needed most.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 09:03-09:13
“I signed a disaster declaration which I believe will help allow us to meet the needs of hungry Pennsylvanians.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 09:04-09:13
“As a result of my order, my administration has been able to already deliver $5 million in increased state fund funding to Feeding…”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 09:12-09:24
“That $5 million brings that charitable food network feeding Pennsylvania, which we will distribute that to the 13 different food banks.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 09:12-09:32
“When this speech was written, the governor collected $1 million. That was a day ago. Governor, you just said you're up to 2 million.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 09:12-11:11
“Over just the last several days, we have raised over $2 million in private sector funds to match the state dollars.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 10:57-11:07
“These dollars go directly to the Pennsylvania SNAP Emergency Relief Fund.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 11:13-11:19
“That emergency declaration brought in $5 million that you wouldn't have.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 33:32-33:48
“When I signed that disaster declaration and leverage those millions of dollars, it's as a result of their work putting that money in place…”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 33:34-33:48
“They rely on their universal free breakfast that we put in place a couple years ago.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 34:20-34:25
“The Senate of Pennsylvania skipped town and they stopped doing their work. And frankly, this budget is long overdue.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 34:28-34:37
“I brought the leaders from all four caucuses, the two in the Senate, the two in the House, to my office each day for four straight days…”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 34:38-34:49
“Voted to cut about 140,000 of those 2 million Pennsylvanians off of SNAP.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 35:50-35:58
“The government that's in charge in Washington D.C. has broken that link between our farmers and folks who are hungry.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 39:35-39:43
“As a result of the federal government's actions, they're not eating.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 39:56-40:01
“Luzerne County Council had a dramatic shift as a result of the election.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 40:20-40:26
“People of Pennsylvania and Luzerne county and Erie County, Bucks county...voted for more freedom and protection of their rights.”
Governor Shapiro Volunteers at Local Food Bank, Provides Update on PA's SNAP Emergency Relief Fund | Uploaded November 6, 2025 | 40:27-40:44