Choosing to let kids go hungry

by Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby, and Noel Sims
Oct 29, 2025

"The official website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (#USDA) claims that on November 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding. The USDA asserts that Democrats are blocking funding to secure 'health care for illegal immigrants' and funding for 'gender mutilation procedures.'

"All of these claims are false.

"Around 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — rely on the SNAP program to avoid going hungry.

"But 'the well' has not 'run dry' on SNAP. The program has a reserve of about $6 billion that could fully fund SNAP for several more weeks. The USDA’s current position is that these funds 'are not legally available to cover regular benefits' and can only be used to provide nutrition assistance in response to a national disaster or other emergency.

"This, however, directly contradicts guidance that the USDA issued on September 30 which explicitly states that contingency funds can be used for regular benefits (emphasis added):

" 'In addition, Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used for State Administrative Expenses to ensure that the State can also continue operations during a Federal Government shutdown. These multi-year contingency funds are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs in the middle of the fiscal year.'

"This guidance has been removed from the USDA website now that the Trump administration has decided that withholding the funds is politically advantageous."

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