{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-fund-food-stamps-and-farm-programs-during-government-shutdown/", "Hawley Introduces Legislation to Fund Food Stamps and Farm Programs During Government Shutdown", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 Yesterday, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced two bills to reinstate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and critical farm programs during the government shutdown.\n\n\u201cSince the Democrats refuse to fund the government, I\u2019m introducing legislation to reinstate food stamps and farm programs immediately,\u201d said Senator Hawley.\u201cMissourians shouldn\u2019t go hungry because of the Left\u2019s incompetence. Our kids deserve to eat.\u201d\n\nMore than 650,000 Missourians stand to lose their access to food benefits next month because Democrats refuse to fund the government. The vast majority of those Missourians are families with children.\n\nThe Keep SNAP Funded Act would ensure full funding for the SNAP program during the government shutdown. Under the bill, Congress would appropriate the necessary funding to provide uninterrupted SNAP benefits, retroactive to the start of the shutdown.\n\nThe Fund Farm Programs Act would reopen all Farm Service Agency (FSA) Offices and ensure resumed services for all FSA programs that farmers rely on. The USDA will be appropriated the necessary funding to provide resumed services for farmers through FSA offices, retroactive to the start of the shutdown.\n\nRead the full bill text for the Keep SNAP Funded Act here.", 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://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-fund-food-stamps-and-farm-programs-during-government-shutdown/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5909690409898758, "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"}