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Patricia Baker retweeted
State may be playing its own role in unfolding SNAP benefit crisis wwlp.com/news/state-may-be-p…
Patricia Baker retweeted
States are being graded on a high-stakes test they had no way of knowing they were taking. With no time to make real progress, some states are making it much harder for eligible families to access SNAP as they take drastic steps to try to reduce errors & cut costs.
Patricia Baker retweeted
McGOVERN: Do you stand by your comment that kicking people off food assistance is somehow 'good news'?
BROOKE ROLLINS: Most of those were fraudulent
McGOVERN: I've talked to people who lost benefits. They were kicked off of SNAP. Hunger is getting worse in the United States.
Patricia Baker retweeted
This @BostonGlobe story highlights a crisis facing residents with very low or no income – without enough DTA staff, families are struggling & turned away from timely, reliable access to food assistance.
bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/m…
Patricia Baker retweeted
States can & should make better choices to protect low-income families despite these federal SNAP cuts. But it’s also urgent for federal policymakers to address H.R. 1's massive cost shift to state budgets, which is driving these harmful state decisions. cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
Patricia Baker retweeted
New USDA data show 2.5 million fewer people participated in SNAP in December compared to July, when the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. This is only the beginning — even more people will lose SNAP as the full brunt of these cuts take effect.
Patricia Baker retweeted
My administration reported this case to the federal government in November 2024.
Glad they’re finally doing something about it.
🚨 Two arrested & charged in alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain millions in SNAP benefits through small variety stores. Allegedly redeemed $100K–$500K in benefits per month – outpacing supermarkets – and sold donated food meant for children overseas.
🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two-m…
ALT Breaking news. Two Massachusetts Men Charged with Large-Scale SNAP Benefits Trafficking. Defendants allegedly trafficked nearly $7 million worth of food stamp benefits and sold donated food product intended for the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children
Patricia Baker retweeted
More heartless chaos in SNAP. A short 🧵. After a Rhode Island district court ruled that low-income households should receive full November SNAP benefits, many states began work to do so. Friday USDA issued guidance saying it was working toward full November SNAP issuances. 1/
Patricia Baker retweeted
RI & Boston judges ruled last week the Trump admin illegally withheld SNAP $ during the shutdown. “This is a really positive development, and it clearly shows that the administration was illegally withholding those funds to date,” said MLRI's Vicky Negus.
bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/m…
Patricia Baker retweeted
As MLRI shared with the @BostonGlobe @ktkjohnston - Masschusetts has the resources to mitigate the worst harms of this horrific federal legislation.
bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/m…
Patricia Baker retweeted
MLRI and civil legal aid are ready to stand with the Healey Administration to find ways to mitigate the serious cuts to SNAP food benefits passed by President Trump & Republicans in Congress.
mass.gov/news/as-trump-cuts-…
Patricia Baker retweeted
Rules Committee Ranking Member @RepMcGovern (D-MA): "Republican leadership in the White House are jamming this bill down our throat … We're here because Donald Trump wants a Fourth of July party to celebrate this garbage bill."
Patricia Baker retweeted
McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"
Patricia Baker retweeted
The least popular provision in the #BigUglyBill? Taking #food from hungry children and families
This bill makes the largest cut to food in history. It will devastate families’ ability to #afford #groceries
California members of Congress should listen to the people and vote no!
What Americans like and don’t like about Trump’s big bill.
Post poll finds 42% of Americans oppose bill. 23% of Americans support bill. 34% who say they have no opinion.
By issue: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Patricia Baker retweeted
Urgent action is needed to protect SNAP — the nation's most effective anti-hunger program — ahead of an anticipated Senate Floor vote the week of June 23. secure.everyaction.com/lmBv7…
Patricia Baker retweeted
I just met with Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and I gave her over 1,000 letters from people across the country who are worried about what she's doing to the Department of Education.
Patricia Baker retweeted
A headline that should concern anyone who already has to drive a long distance to get groceries:
Patricia Baker retweeted
.@MassGovernor is leading the fight to defend SNAP for 1M+ Massachusetts families.
Proposed cuts from Congress would ripple through our communities, affecting children's development, seniors' health, and our state's economic vitality.
Read more here⬇️
mass.gov/news/governor-heale…
ALT Picture of a produce aisle at a grocery store, the DTA logo, text that reads, "Cutting SNAP at this scale is reckless and dangerous."
Patricia Baker retweeted
Up to 350,000 MassHealth members & 230,000 SNAP recipients in MA could lose coverage or benefits. Burdensome work requirements & red tape are designed to kick eligible people off—decades of evidence show these don’t increase employment, just hardship. cbpp.org/research/state-budg…
Patricia Baker retweeted
The GOP bill dumps $53M/year in SNAP costs onto MA immediately & up to $660M/year in SNAP benefits starting in 2027. SNAP brings $2.6B fed. food $ annually to MA & shifting fed. costs to states would end SNAP’s role as one of the best tools we have to support local economies.