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December 12, 2025 Thank you for contacting me to express your support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). I appreciate your input on this important issue and welcome the opportunity to respond to you directly.
I share your support for food assistance programs, particularly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and I oppose the Trump Administration’s attacks on the program. I joined my colleagues in sending a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on October 24 urging the agency to use its contingency reserve, and its legal authority to supplement these funds, to fully finance November SNAP benefits while the government remained shut down. Unfortunately, multiple states, including Massachusetts, were forced to pause benefits on November 1 due to USDA’s refusal to distribute this funding and fulfill its legal requirement to do so.
Massachusetts has since resumed benefits following the reopening of the federal government on November 12 and was able to begin distributing partial benefits even sooner due to federal court orders directing the Trump Administration to fund November payments. The Healey-Driscoll Administration published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) webpage, which includes important resources regarding who qualifies for the program and how to access support here: mass.gov/info-details/november-2025-snap-updates .
You may be pleased to know that I have taken steps to defend SNAP against the Trump Administration’s efforts to weaken it. I voted against the House Republican reconciliation bill, which President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025. The bill will slash SNAP by expanding unnecessary paperwork requirements and requiring states to pay a portion of food benefit costs. In Massachusetts, more than one million people rely on SNAP, and roughly 175,000 could lose some or all of their benefits as a result of this legislation. The Greater Boston Food Bank estimates it would take $98 million annually for the state’s food banks and pantries to make up for the loss.
In addition to opposing these harmful cuts, I have taken further action to support and expand upon the essential work that these programs do to reduce hunger in the United States. I am a cosponsor of H.R. 2512, the Hot Foods Act. This bill would remove the prohibition on purchasing hot foods ready for immediate consumption from SNAP. Last Congress, I cosponsored the Improving Access to Nutrition Act, which would have lifted SNAP’s three-month limit for certain adults.
I have consistently opposed legislation that would cut these essential programs, including the House Republican Farm Bill that would have cut roughly $30 billion in benefits for all SNAP participants in future years. I appreciate your advocacy for food security, and I will continue working to ensure that SNAP benefits are protected.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me about this important issue. Your comments help me to better represent the people of our Congressional District. Please do not hesitate to email me through my website at auchincloss.house.gov or call my office at (202) 225-5931 if I can be of any further assistance to you. Sincerely,  Jake Auchincloss Member of Congress
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