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Klobuchar pushes to address SNAP cost shifts in ongoing farm bill negotiations

The Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee says changes to the nutrition program are needed as farm bill negotiations continue.

Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar tells Brownfield there are SNAP shifts in the One Big Beautiful Bill related to state responsibility for benefit costs that need to be undone.

“The entire Midwest was totally screwed by that budget bill because we have to pay all these cost shifts that came over. Whereas some states like New York state and New Jersey, who have these high error rates, they got off scot-free because of Alaska having the high error rate and they needed the vote of that senator.”

She says there’s bipartisan support from several Republican governors for delaying implementation of those shifts, and Klobuchar is optimistic about other titles in a skinny farm bill.

“Senator Boozman and I continue to work together very well, and I’ve appreciated that he wants to support year-round E15, to bake that in. I’ve asked him for that. There’s other conservation measures that are pretty non-controversial that are bipartisan that we’d like to put in there.”

Klobuchar says her bill to increase loan rate limits should also be included in the Senate farm bill.