LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS ILLEGALLY MAKING AMERICANS GO HUNGRY

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

Donald Trump and his administration are deliberately breaking the law in order to keep food out of the mouths of 42 million Americans. Republicans are willing to starve children, seniors and veterans to pressure Congress into gutting the healthcare of the American people. Cruelty is the point for these extremists. 

I am grateful for the swift and decisive work of Democratic State Attorneys General, Governors and our partners in the legal community. Donald Trump and his Republican sycophants are now being held accountable for their depraved dereliction of duty. Earlier this year, Republicans enacted the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history in their One Big Ugly Bill and are now using this illegal shutdown stunt to rip SNAP benefits from people who are legally entitled to them at the start of the month. 

The Trump administration needs to follow the law and fix this problem immediately by working closely with states to get nutritional assistance to the millions who rely on it as soon as possible.