Trump Admin needs to release SNAP contingency funds.

I do appreciate that you are doing something to ensure that my neighbors who rely on SNAP will continue to receive benefits until the shutdown ends. However, Republicans still control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. Republicans could end the shutdown at any time. They also had the power to defend nutrition benefits earlier this year in the budget that passed this summer, but chose to sell out working families in order to provide tax breaks for billionaires. Additionally, nearly two-thirds of the funds needed for a full month of benefits are available in SNAP’s contingency fund and must be used when regular funding for SNAP runs short. The Trump Administration must release those funds immediately as SNAP law requires, to ensure that families can put food on the table next month. Moreover, the Administration should use the discretionary authority it used to transfer funds into WIC earlier this month, or any other available legal authority to augment the SNAP contingency funding to, fund the full amount of November SNAP benefits. Have you contracted the Trump Administration about this?