U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., expressed support Monday for a GOP-sponsored bill that would ensure funding for food assistance threatened by the government shutdown.
The proposed measure would use unappropriated funds held by the Department of the Treasury to cover the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program until the government reopens.
“Roughly 1 in 10 Tennesseans receive SNAP benefits for food assistance, and they shouldn’t have to worry about where their next meal will come from because the Democrats are holding government funding hostage to appease their far-left base,” Blackburn said in a press release. “Our Keep SNAP Funded Act would ensure Tennesseans do not miss a meal during the Democrats’ shutdown.”
Democrats say they are not voting to fund the government until Republican cuts to health care are restored.