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This resolution affirms support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the program's progress in reducing hunger among vulnerable populations in New Jersey. The resolution condemns the United States House of Representatives for approving, and urges the United States Senate to reject, federal cuts to SNAP. On May 22, 2025, to achieve a minimum $1.5 trillion cut from the federal budget over a ten year period, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a budget bill that included a $300 billion cut in food aid funding, largely aimed at SNAP. In New Jersey, SNAP is a critical resource for residents, with nearly 850,000 individuals, or nine percent of the total population, relying on the program's benefits to feed their families. A significant number of the households that participate in SNAP include some of the State's most vulnerable members: the elderly, disabled, veterans, and children. The New Jersey General Assembly supports State and federal collaboration to identify programmatic efficiencies within SNAP; however, budgetary cost savings implemented at the expense of stripping income-limited children, seniors, and families of safety net food and nutrition services is unconscionable. The General Assembly condemns the House for adopting these drastic federal funding reductions, and urges the Senate to reject these, or any subsequent, proposals and to maintain SNAP as an accessible resource for those in need of food assistance.

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Craig Coughlin (D)*,  Shama Haider (D)*,  Bill Spearman (D)*, 

Filed with Secretary of State (on 05/22/2025)

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