WASHINGTON (AP) —Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says she can't release SNAP fund.
Rollins says her department can’t unleash contingency funds to ensure SNAP food aid doesn’t cut off Saturday.
And even if it could, she said, the funds would barely cover costs of the program.
A lawsuit to force the administration to release the funds is now pending.
Speaking at a press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol, she blamed Democrats for conducting a “disgusting dereliction of duty” as they refuse to reopen given and hold out for health care funds.