The Coalition on Human Needs joins leading anti-hunger organizations—including the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Share Our Strength, and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger—as well as CHN members and allies, in decrying the House passage of a farm bill that rejects urgently needed fixes to SNAP. Instead, it locks in the damage inflicted on this vital nutrition program in last summer’s “Big Brutal” mega-bill. 

Between July 2025 and January 2026, more than 3 million people have been dropped from SNAP—the largest reduction in 30 years, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. States are anticipating billions of dollars in lost federal funds, and some are already making it harder for people to enroll or renew their benefits. At a time when millions are finding it increasingly difficult to afford basic needs, the failure to fix what’s broken in SNAP is unconscionable. 

Please read these statements from respected leaders in the fight against hunger. CHN will work with them—and with you, we hope—to urge the Senate to reject this or any farm bill that fails to make urgently needed changes to SNAP and prevent widespread loss of nutrition assistance for people in need. Signed by Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs

As Crystal FitzSimons, President of the Food Research & Action Center reminds us, “No Farm Bill is better than a bad one.”

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is deeply troubled that the House passed a Farm Bill that fails to reverse $187 billion in SNAP cuts. The Farm Bill has long reflected a bipartisan understanding that agricultural abundance and food security go hand in hand: when families can afford food, farmers have stable markets; when farmers thrive, local economies grow. That alignment is now under serious strain.

FRAC urges Senate leadership to reject the House bill and instead advance legislation that prioritizes families struggling to put food on the table while supporting American farmers. The organization has made clear it will not support any Farm Bill that fails to address the nation’s deepening hunger crisis.

George Kelemen, Senior Vice President for Share Our Strength and its No Kid Hungry campaign, said: 

Kids deserve better than a Farm Bill that makes it harder to put food on the table. By passing this Farm Bill without mitigating the harm of the historic SNAP cuts, the House has effectively voted to lock those cuts in place for five years or more, offering no relief to the families and states struggling with the consequences. 

States are also facing greater SNAP cost-sharing requirements under these cuts, threatening participant access to the program. This bill also fails to provide additional federal support for states to transition to SNAP EBT chip cards to strengthen security and prevent skimming. Altogether, this is a missed opportunity to make meaningful improvements to SNAP—and a guarantee that the effects of these unprecedented cuts will continue.

Abby J. Leibman, President & CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, added: 

This bill is a stunning illustration of moral failure, ignoring the reality that the people affected will face losses that reverberate for generations. It does not address soaring food costs or rising hunger, nor does it reverse the catastrophic disinvestment in SNAP and other food security programs. It also fails to alleviate the unprecedented economic strain on states that will soon be forced to cover federal costs to run lifesaving programs. This bill does not meet the moment for farmers, families, or the bipartisan Farm Bill tradition.