"What just kind of blows me away, you know, literally, one out of every eight Americans rely on food assistance. And this administration knew these funds were there. They could have said last week we're not going to put people through the mental, emotional, and every other kind of stress..And it's heartbreaking. There's a level of cruelty and, you know, chaos here that it's just unprecedented."
"Jansing said, Maybe I'm misreading how I hear you and senator, I've been following you and talking to you for a very long time you sound emotional about this. Whether it is about SNAP, whether it's about health care. Can you tell me? Is that motivated by the conversations you had this weekend? What did people tell you? You know, I still hear, it's kind of remarkableThe people saying, Keep fighting,' but I don't and some of them are federal workers."
Senator Mark Warner expressed visible emotion over widespread food insecurity and rising health care costs as SNAP funding was announced to be partially provided in November. He stated one in eight Americans rely on food assistance and said that funds were available earlier, condemning the decision to delay as needlessly cruel and stressful. Warner urged President Trump to personally engage to reopen the government, secure benefits, and avert a health care cliff while noting both sides must compromise. The shutdown left many federal workers without pay. House Speaker Mike Johnson kept Republicans out of session, and Senate Republicans rejected eliminating the filibuster.
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