Washington, DC – Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06) just voted – once again – to take food assistance away from hundreds of thousands of Arizonans. Congressman Ciscomani voted today in favor of the Republican agriculture appropriations bill. The bill doubles down on congressional Republicans’ historic cuts to SNAP and further slashes programs that help working families afford nutritious food.
Congressman Ciscomani voted to underfund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and make devastating cuts to the WIC food and vegetable benefit. Now, nearly 5.4 million toddlers, preschoolers, and pregnant and postpartum women are projected to lose fruit and vegetable benefits – including a projected 115,000 Arizonans. The appropriations bill also maintains the historic cuts to SNAP Ciscomani voted for in last year’s Republican Tax Law to fund massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. His vote has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans and already resulted in over 420,000 Arizonans, including over 180,000 children, losing food assistance. Congressman Ciscomani doubled down on these cuts as tariffs and the war in Iran, which he also voted to support, threatens to send food costs rising even more.
“Apparently raising food costs and taking food assistance away from hundreds of thousands of Arizonans wasn’t enough for Congressman Ciscomani. He not only voted to keep historic cuts to SNAP in place, but he also voted to take fruit and vegetables away from even more children,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “Congressman Ciscomani has repeatedly demonstrated with his votes that he thinks giving tax breaks to billionaires is more important than making sure that children have access to nutritious food. It’s a disgrace.”
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