Schor: Support Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The City of Lansing ― and Michigan as a whole ― have experienced strong economic growth in recent years, dropping Ingham County’s unemployment rate to 4.7 percent and the state’s to 4.1 percent. But not all area residents have benefited equally from this growth. That’s why I strongly support the lifeline that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) offers to those who still struggle to feed themselves and their families, and why I urge Congress to pass a 2018 Farm Bill that will continue to help parents with low-paying jobs put food on the table for their families by keeping SNAP strong.  I applaud U.S. Reps Fred Upton, Sander Levin, Debbie Dingell, Dan Kildee, Justin Amash and Brenda Lawrence for voting against the House Farm Bill that would cut the dollars spent on food assistance and impose harsh work requirements that would leave many people ― including those temporarily between jobs ― without access to SNAP benefits.