MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a coalition of attorneys general urging Congress to prevent disruption of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as federal budget talks continue.
“Senate Democrats could end this shutdown with a single vote,” Attorney General Marshall said. “Instead, Senator Schumer is putting politics ahead of the American people. A government shutdown or lapse in SNAP funding is not an abstract policy debate, it has real consequences for families in our communities. It’s past time for Senate Democrats to do the right thing and pass a clean continuing resolution to reopen the federal government. No family should go hungry because of political games in Washington.”
The joint letter, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and joined by Marshall, calls on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a clean continuing resolution to restore government operations and ensure essential services such as SNAP remain uninterrupted.
The coalition noted that SNAP supports more than 41 million Americans, including nearly 15.6 million people in the 19 states represented by the signatories.
