Even though the Senate is weighing a possible decrease in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outlined in Republicans’ massive spending package, the funding reduction still would devastate low-income local families and the nonprofits who aid them, San Antonio Food Bank officials said Friday. The Food Bank joined Alamo City leaders — including educators, retired military personnel and officials with corporations including H-E-B and USAA — in asking federal lawmakers to reject the proposed cuts in the budget reconciliation bill, which President Trump wants on his desk by July 4. Even scaled back, the proposal would decimate SNAP — often referred to as Food Stamps — cutting off nutrition assistance for children, seniors and veterans, Food Bank CEO Eric Cooper told the Current.
