{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-deluzio-meets-western-pennsylvanians-worried-about-looming-lapse", "Congressman Deluzio Meets with Western Pennsylvanians Worried about the Looming Lapse of SNAP Food Assistance, People Going Hungry", "2025-10-30", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Christopher R. Deluzio", "D000530", "deluzio.house.gov", "deluzio", "https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "CARNEGIE, PA \u2013 Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) met with several Western Pennsylvanians who rely on federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and are worried how they will put food on the table as funding for SNAP will run out in November because of the federal government shutdown. Congressman Deluzio heard firsthand from his constituents how they and their families could go hungry if urgent action is not taken in Washington.\n\n\u201cThousands of Western PA families are staring down the barrel of a hunger crisis unless the Trump Administration takes immediate action using the emergency funds and authorities Congress has provided,\u201d said Congressman Deluzio. \u201cThe Trump Administration has no excuse here\u2014they should stop playing politics and make sure these Western Pennsylvanians do not go hungry.\u2019\u201d\n\nAlmost 75,000 people in Pennsylvania\u2019s 17th Congressional District are enrolled in SNAP\u2014two million Pennsylvanians use the program. The vast majority of participating households are families with kids, seniors, and people with disabilities, including veterans.\n\nLast week, Congressman Deluzio joined 213 of his colleagues on a letter pushing the Agriculture Secretary to use contingency funds that Congress set aside for emergency situations like this, along with existing legal authority to transfer funds, to keep SNAP benefits flowing for November. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro joined a lawsuit against the Trump Administration seeking to force the use of these contingency funds to avoid a shutoff in SNAP benefits.\n\n\u201cIf the Trump Administration refuses to use existing contingency funds and transfer authority to fund November SNAP benefits, they are choosing to rip away food assistance from 42 million Americans. That\u2019s on top of their $186 billion cut to the SNAP earlier this year. Roughly 16 million kids will go hungry. It's unacceptable to me to play politics with America\u2019s hungry seniors, veterans, and families,\u201d added Congressman Deluzio.\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://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-deluzio-meets-western-pennsylvanians-worried-about-looming-lapse"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3780171759426594, "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"}