food stamp

After food stamp usage hit record-breaking numbers in 2013, Congress tried to pare back the benefit.

The food stamp program then lost $2.2 billion to help pay for a $4.5 billion increase in the school lunch bill in 2010.

It was the first time in history a farm bill failed, and it later passed without the food-stamp component.

In 2012, 47 percent of people who received food stamp assistance were in families where at least one person was working.

For all the ugly talk of President Obama as “the food-stamp president,” that title should properly be shared with George W. Bush.

We must distribute more food to the needy through a broader food stamp program.

Last year I twice sought long overdue reform of the scandal-riddled food stamp program.

In the food stamp program alone, last year, we identified almost $1.1 billion in overpayments.

The crime rate, the welfare and food stamp rolls, the poverty rate and the teen pregnancy rate are all down.