House Republicans are protecting taxpayers, rewarding work, and refocusing government food assistance for those who truly need it
For Immediate Release
June 17, 2025
Contact: Taylor Haulsee
WASHINGTON — Democrats are lying, again, about the One Big Beautiful Bill. They say it will let Americans go hungry — this is completely false. Through the One Big Beautiful Bill, Republicans eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in a bloated, inefficient program — so that the Americans who actually need it — receive it.
Just take a look at the numbers:
- SNAP enrollment has increased 17% since 2019, with nearly 42 million Americans now on the program.
- Since 2019, SNAP spending has surged 83%, skyrocketing from $60 billion to $110 billion annually.
- More than 70% of able-bodied SNAP recipients without dependents refuse to work, despite federal rules requiring it.
- States made close to $11 billion in SNAP payment errors last year.
- Fraudulent SNAP transactions jumped 55% between the last quarter of FY2024 and the first quarter of FY2025, according to USDA data.
The One Big Beautiful Bill restores integrity to the program by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse:
- Prevents illegal aliens from receiving benefits.
- Strengthens work requirements for all able-bodied SNAP recipients without dependents.
- Preserves targeted exemptions for veterans, the homeless, and individuals aging out of foster care, as well as parents who are pregnant, disabled, participating in an alcohol or drug treatment program, in school at least half time, or taking care of a disabled child or aging parent.
- Phases in a state cost share starting at 5% in 2028, with higher contributions from states with high error rates, giving states real skin in the game.
- Phases in a 50% state share of SNAP administrative costs.
- Closes loopholes in work requirement waivers by eliminating vague criteria like “insufficient jobs” and limiting waivers to counties with unemployment over 10%.
To be clear, pregnant mothers, disabled Americans, the elderly, and children – those who this program was intended to serve – will continue to receive the assistance they need. But illegal aliens and work-capable individuals who refuse to work will lose access to these benefits meant for the most vulnerable Americans.
Democrats will scream “cuts,” but what they’re really defending is a wasteful program that discourages work, mismanages billions, and traps people in dependency. Republicans are proud to defend commonsense welfare reform, fiscal sanity, and the dignity of work.
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