{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.bennet.senate.gov/2025/11/21/bennet-hickenlooper-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-reverse-snap-cuts-restore-food-security-for-millions-of-americans/", "Bennet, Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reverse SNAP Cuts, Restore Food Security for Millions of Americans", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "CO", "Michael F. Bennet", "B001267", "www.bennet.senate.gov", "bennet", "https://www.bennet.senate.gov/news/page/", "scraper", "Denver \u2014 Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus to introduce the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act, which would repeal all the devastating Republican cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) made in the Republican \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d.\n\n\u201cAcross Colorado, families tell me they\u2019re working hard but still can\u2019t keep up with the cost of groceries,\u201d said Bennet. \u201cSNAP is an essential lifeline for more than 600,000 Coloradans. But in a moment of rising need, the devastating cuts Republicans passed this summer are already taking hold, with even deeper reductions ahead. That means parents skipping meals so their kids can eat, seniors choosing between groceries and prescriptions, farmers losing customers, food pantries stretched to the brink, and local grocers seeing fewer sales. This won\u2019t only harm families, it will strain entire communities and local economies. With this bill, we can reverse that damage and make sure Colorado families can put food on the table.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re the wealthiest country in the world, yet families are struggling to afford groceries,\u201d said Hickenlooper. \u201cRepublicans pushed through the Big Ugly Betrayal bill, gutting SNAP to fund tax cuts for the richest Americans. Their cuts will take meals away from thousands of Coloradans. It\u2019s cruel, and we need to fix it.\u201d\n\nSNAP is the nation\u2019s largest food assistance program and serves 42 million Americans, including children, seniors, veterans, workers, and people with disabilities. This past July, Republicans voted to strip $186 billion from SNAP in their \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d, marking the largest cut to the program in history. Additionally, the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d creates a massive unfunded mandate on state governments by shifting a portion of benefit costs to states and increasing the amount of funding states must pay to administer the program.\n\nIn October, Bennet and Hickenlooper called on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to release billions of dollars in funding to ensure SNAP benefits continued during the shutdown. Despite this, the Trump Administration illegally withheld funding for SNAP, leaving millions of Americans unsure whether they would receive the benefits they need to put food on the table. In November, Bennet and Hickenlooper joined the Senate Democratic Caucus to introduce the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act, legislation to protect Americans\u2019 food access while the Trump Administration illegally withheld available funds. Bennet and Hickenlooper also introduced a resolution in November calling on Senate Republicans to force President Trump to immediately use all congressionally approved funding to keep families from going hungry.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://www.bennet.senate.gov/2025/11/21/bennet-hickenlooper-colleagues-introduce-bill-to-reverse-snap-cuts-restore-food-security-for-millions-of-americans/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6979659665375948, "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"}