The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress target food stamps every chance they get, evidenced by the Trump’s introduction of “Harvest Boxes” to replace half of all food stamp benefits in his 2019 budget.

Now, however, Republicans’ incessant focus on food stamps could jeopardize vital, historically bipartisan legislation: the farm bill.

In addition to slashing $23 billion in spending on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamp) benefits over a decade, the farm bill would also impose strict work requirements on food stamp recipients.

All SNAP participants aged 18-59 who aren't disabled or don't have preschool-aged children would need to prove every month that they are working at least 20 hours a week, in a training program for 20 hours a week, or a combination of the two. If a person doesn't meet that requirement for just one month, they would lose benefits for a full year—and if it happened again, they'd be cut off for three years.

Democratic aides said the farm bill proposal would likely result in at least one million SNAP recipients losing their benefits due to the proposed work requirements and income limits.

These cuts and work requirements aren’t just collateral damage from an important bill—they’ll have deep, devastating impacts on low-income families all across the United States. Congress must not pass a farm bill that includes any of these attacks on SNAP.

Democrats are holding the line against these drastic cuts, but we need all members of the House to reject this dangerous, unethical policy.

Sign now to call on Republicans in the House to reject any cuts or additional work requirements to food stamps in the farm bill.