{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mann.house.gov/media/press-releases/mann-estes-urge-gov-kelly-protect-integrity-snap-kansans", "Mann, Estes Urge Gov. Kelly to Protect Integrity of SNAP for Kansans", "2025-09-12", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "House", "KS", "Tracey Mann", "M000871", "mann.house.gov", "mann", "https://mann.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Ron Estes (KS-04) sent a letter to Governor Laura Kelly, urging her to protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Kansas. Recent USDA data revealed Kansas\u2019 SNAP error rate was almost ten percent, meaning millions of Kansas taxpayer dollars were incorrectly sent to people ineligible for the program.\n\n\"Kansans work hard for every dollar they earn, and they expect their government to be a good steward of their tax dollars,\u201d said Rep Mann. \u201cRather than working with the federal government to correct Kansas\u2019 high SNAP error rate, Governor Kelly\u2019s administration has refused to comply or even attempt to restore integrity in how our state tax dollars are spent in the program. Every instance of fraud or overpayment through the SNAP program is money taken from vulnerable families in our state who rely on this assistance to meet their nutritional needs. Kansans deserve a system that protects taxpayer dollars and serves the people it was designed to help.\"\n\n\u201cBy refusing to correct the SNAP error rate in Kansas, Governor Kelly has allowed millions of Kansas taxpayer dollars to be incorrectly sent to fraudsters, negatively impacting Kansans who rely on the program,\u201d said Rep. Estes. \u201cToday we are demanding Governor Kelly work with the USDA to strengthen the SNAP program in Kansas and correct the waste of our constituents\u2019 hard-earned dollars.\u201d\n\nThe full letter can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "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://mann.house.gov/media/press-releases/mann-estes-urge-gov-kelly-protect-integrity-snap-kansans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7552920617163181, "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"}