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Josh Shapiro: “The United States Department of Agriculture is actually…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 06:20

And as a result of our lawsuit, the courts ruled in our favor and said that the Trump administration must use that contingency fund, that it has to distribute at least partial payments to SNAP recipients. But now The United States Department of Agriculture is actually telling states that we have to jump through a whole bunch of bureaucratic hoops. that by their own admission, will delay SNAP payments for more than one month. That's their own admission. They're also giving us unclear and conflicting guidance that confuses the process even more. (06:20–06:30)

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Asserts that USDA is imposing bureaucratic hurdles on states regarding SNAP payments.

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