US Mayors Urge USDA to Fund November Food Benefits Amid Shutdown
A group representing mayors of more than 1,000 U.S. cities has urged the Agriculture Department to use emergency funds to pay for food assistance benefits threatened by the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Tens of millions of Americans might not receive food stamps and other food aid in November because the shutdown, now the second-longest in history, has kept Congress from funding the benefits.
The USDA should draw on its contingency fund for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and use any other available resources to pay for November benefits, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday...
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