{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-craig-joins-minority-leader-jeffries-ranking-member-delauro-demand-trump", "Rep. Craig Joins Minority Leader Jeffries, Ranking Member DeLauro to Demand Trump Administration Follow the Law, Fund SNAP for 42 Million Americans Through November", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Angie Craig", "C001119", "craig.house.gov", "craig", "https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture Angie Craig joined House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Appropriations Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) in a press conference to demand the Trump Administration use previously appropriated funding to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).\n\nThe President and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins have the appropriated funds and legal authority to help fund SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans in November and ensure that Americans can put food on the table during the Republican government shutdown, but they have chosen not to.\n\n\u201cIf the president wanted to help feed hungry Americans, he would. He has shown us that he does whatever the hell he wants to, whether it\u2019s legal or not,\u201d Rep. Craig said in her remarks. \u201cBut his actions have shown a callous disregard for America\u2019s seniors, veterans and families with children.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Republicans\u2019 one and only priority this Congress has been the Big Ugly Bill, which not only cut health care by $1 trillion but also cut SNAP by $186 billion \u2013 a frontal assault on our most effective basic need food assistance program to help vulnerable members of our community who rely on it to keep food on their tables,\u201d she continued. \u201cNow, the Administration is taking food away from 16 million children, 8 million seniors and 1.2 million veterans.\u201d\n\n\u201cTheir hands are not tied,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe law is clear \u2013 as clear as this Administration\u2019s cruelty is clear. The law is as unambiguous as Congressional Republicans\u2019 desire to let ACA tax credits expire. It is unconscionable. It is egregious. And it is illegal.\u201d\n\nEarlier today, 25 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump Administration for illegally withholding Congressionally appropriated funds that would have helped fund food assistance benefits through November. You can read Rep. Craig\u2019s statement on the lawsuit here. You can watch her interview with MSNBC\u2019s Chris Jansing on the lawsuit and the Administration\u2019s assault on SNAP here.\n\nYou can watch the full clip of Rep. Craig\u2019s remarks from today\u2019s press conference here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://craig.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-craig-joins-minority-leader-jeffries-ranking-member-delauro-demand-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.0025279372930527, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}