Congressman Glenn Thompson, the chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, is defending the cuts to the SNAP program.
Thompson says Governor Josh Shapiro is wrong on the benefit losses and says he doesn’t see it as a cut, saying he sees “it as Pennsylvania being irresponsible with how they’re managing the SNAP program.” Shapiro has been sounding the alarm that the state will lose several hundred million dollars in federal funding from the “big, beautiful bill” that has been sent to President Trump for his signature. In fiscal year 2027-28, states with SNAP program error rates over six-percent will have to pay part of the total cost of the program and the USDA says Pennsylvania has an error rate of ten-point-76-percent.
Both Thompson and Guy Reschenthaler voted in favor of the Mega bill.
