The House Republican conference includes newly empowered conservative members who could derail the farm bill over the issue.
The farm bill authorizes crop subsidies, conservation programs and food assistance, typically in five-year increments. The 2018 version that authorized hundreds of billions of dollars in spending is set to expire Sept. 30, although Congress could hit its legislative snooze button and push the debate later into the fall.
750,000 people ages 50 to 54 — including 44,000 Texans — at risk of losing food assistance unless they meet the work requirement, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, noted the CBO’s estimate that the net effect of the SNAP changes would cost taxpayers an additional $2 billion over a decade.Roy has suggested separating SNAP from crop subsidies and other parts of the farm bill — an approach that would shatter a longstanding alliance between rural and urban blocs in Congress.
“I was always raised in a house, if you don’t work, you don’t eat,” Cruz said during one of his regular podcasts. “I think work is good for you. I think work is good for the soul. I think it builds responsibility. I think it builds self-respect.” He said he supports ensuring “kids get fed and things of that nature” but says healthy, childless individuals should want a job.
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