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Statement

Moms Say: Let Us Feed Our Families, Continue SNAP Benefits!

October 29, 2025

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the urgent need for the Trump administration to release contingency funds so SNAP benefits will continue in November:

“Our country is facing a serious emergency because the Trump Department of Agriculture is refusing to use contingency funds to support SNAP benefits in November. That is a choice the Trump administration is making that is unjustifiable, callous, and cruel. It will cause massive hardship and hunger. If the administration makes good on its threat, more than 41 million people in this country – children, seniors, moms and families, people with disabilities, people who work hard at jobs that don’t pay them enough to feed their families – will go hungry.

“One out of every eight people in our country utilizes SNAP benefits to take care of their families, contribute to their communities, and build good lives. We are hearing every day from panicked MomsRising members who don’t know how they will feed their families next week without SNAP. If the Trump administration withholds those contingency funds, moms will miss meals so they can feed their kids. Children and seniors will eat ramen … if they eat at all.

“The health of our children and families is at stake. Our country’s food pantries do heroic work, but they cannot fill this gap – and they should not have to. The Trump administration has billions of dollars to cover SNAP benefits in November. Refusing to use them is – quite simply – appalling.

“President Trump promised to reduce the cost of food. He has failed miserably. With raids on immigrant farmworkers and new tariffs, food prices continue to skyrocket, making SNAP more important than ever. Moms make feeding our children and families a priority. The Trump administration should too. We urge the administration to release the contingency funds and continue the SNAP benefits so many of us rely on.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.