{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://morrison.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-rep-kelly-morrison-statement-courts-ordering-trump-administration-fund-snap", "U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Statement on Courts Ordering the Trump Administration to Fund SNAP During Shutdown", "2025-10-31", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "MN", "Kelly Morrison", "M001234", "morrison.house.gov", "morrison", "https://morrison.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) released the following statement on the federal court rulings that the Trump Administration's attempt to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding was unlawful. The judges ruled that the Trump Administration is required by law to continue funding SNAP using contingency funds during the government shutdown.\n\n\u201cNot only was the Trump Administration\u2019s attempt to block 42 million Americans from getting food assistance unbelievably cruel -- it was also illegal. I am incredibly relieved by today\u2019s court rulings, and expect to see the Administration take swift action to ensure that American families can get the food assistance they need and deserve \u2013 as required by these court rulings.\n\n\u201cI am deeply disappointed that the Trump Administration and Republican majority in Congress spent all week repeatedly lying to the American people that they couldn\u2019t fund SNAP \u2013 when the truth is that they have the full authority and legal requirement to do so.\n\n\u201cThis comes after Trump and his Republican majority made the single largest cut to food assistance in our nation\u2019s history this summer in order to fund tax breaks for billionaires. I am going to keep fighting every day to hold this Administration accountable, make sure the American people know the truth, and that we live in a country where every American can afford to put food on the table.\u201d\n\nEarlier this week, Rep. Kelly Morrison joined nearly every Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives in calling for the Trump Administration to fund the SNAP during the government shutdown. In their letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, they called out that the Trump Administration has the authority to ensure SNAP benefits continue during the shutdown, and the ability to fully fund SNAP in November through the contingency fund and their legal transfer authority.\n\nThe Trump Administration\u2019s attempt to cut food assistance for tens of millions of Americans comes after they passed the single largest cut to SNAP in our nation\u2019s history earlier this summer. Through their \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d the Republican majority in Congress cut food assistance by nearly $200 billion to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.\n\nWhile Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has refused to bring the U.S. House of Representatives back into session for six weeks, Rep. Morrison is pushing for bipartisan negotiations to end the government shutdown and ensure SNAP benefits and health care are protected for millions of Americans.\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://morrison.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-rep-kelly-morrison-statement-courts-ordering-trump-administration-fund-snap"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8373699858784676, "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"}