Republicans are padding the wallets of their billionaire donors while their constituents go hungry. 

Today, Republicans repeatedly voted to slash food assistance for children, veterans, and seniors. This budget will force states to either cut food assistance or reduce other critical state funding like public safety, education, or infrastructure — all to give the GOP’s ultra-wealthy friends another round of tax handouts. 

Trump and the GOP have made their priorities clear: pad billionaires’ wallets, even if it means Americans go hungry. 

WATCH: Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ben Ray Luján, along with Senate Democrats, are fighting to protect funding for food assistance, voting to prevent states from being forced to pick between food assistance and public safety, education, or infrastructure. 

Senator Amy Klobuchar: “In nutrition assistance alone, this bill shifts tens of billions of dollars onto the states, creating chaos for state budgets and hardship for families. … Seriously, the largest shift in this whole bill, the largest unfunded mandate is on the backs of kids and veterans and seniors and people with disabilities. $64 billion over to the states. 44 of them have balanced budget amendments. You know they can’t pay for this. It’s hurting local grocery stores. It’s hurting our farmers, and it’s all done to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy. I say to our colleagues, vote for families over billionaires, vote for fiscal sanity over this big, beautiful betrayal and vote yes, this is an unfunded mandate.” 

Senator Ben Ray Luján: “Recently, a Republican colleague said regarding this bill’s SNAP cuts, quote, ‘if we don’t watch out, people are going to get hurt.’ He’s right. People are going to get hurt. For the past 50 years, the United States of America has maintained a bipartisan promise to feed our children, our veterans, our seniors, and our working families. This bill betrays that promise. It cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, SNAP, cuts that will harm all of our constituents. With this motion, I’m offering my colleagues the opportunity to step away from these devastating cuts to show our fellow Americans that in this country we care for our friends, family, and neighbors who need support. I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle can agree that this is a promise worth keeping.” 

Republicans repeatedly voted against funding food assistance, forcing children, veterans, and seniors to go hungry. 

Senate Press Gallery: “The #Senate [waived] the budget act with respect to the Klobuchar point of order regarding unfunded mandate/SNAP benefits of 51-48.” 

Senate Cloakroom: “Not agreed to, 49-51: Lujan motion to commit Cal. #107, H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to the Finance Committee with instructions. (re: SNAP)”