Rogers on Food Stamps Reforms

Statement

Congressman Mike Rogers made the following statement today after passage of H.R. 3102, which passed the House of Representatives.

"This bill will help reduce spending and allow food stamps to be used in the way they were intended to be used: for those who need it most. Today's legislation would reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the food stamp program, and save taxpayers almost $40 billion over the next decade. SNAP does play an essential role in helping those in need, but the waste and abuse of this program originally designed to help the very poor has ballooned out-of-control. Spending on the SNAP program has more than doubled since 2007, and I believe by re-enforcing the work provisions of the 1996 Welfare Reform law which were relaxed in President Obama's Stimulus bill, we can help make this important safety net program more fiscally responsible over the long term."

Rogers serves as Chairman of the Strategic Forces subcommittee on the Armed Services Committee and is a senior member of the Homeland Security and Agriculture committees.

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