Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, Make America healthy again (Maha) On Thursday, the Trump administration is making history by approving numerous exemptions that remove junk food from its food stamp program.
Rollins was in Nebraska on Monday, signing his first signature alongside Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. She also signed exemptions for Indiana and Iowa.
“We’re on track to sign multiples of snap exemptions to get junk food and sweet drinks from the food stamp system,” Rollins said at an event Thursday afternoon, centring the release of a 69-page report from the Trump administration’s Maha committee on how to change centers around childhood chronic illness.
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Trump administration’s Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins on Thursday showed that the state would sign multiple exemptions to ban junk food from the food stamp program after several signings this week, explaining the president’s administration’s historic efforts. (Getty Images/Istock)
“It’s never happened before under Republican or Democratic administrations,” Rollins added. “We’ve never done that before, so I’m so proud and I’m very grateful.”
On average, 42 million low-income Americans receive monthly food stamp support, according to a MAHA report released at the event on Thursday. He added that one in five Americans under the age of 17 receive the benefits of SNAP.
and Nebraska exemption, It became the country’s first state, banning recipients of the federal food stamp program from spending money on purchasing junk food, soda and other high sugars. The exemption will begin as a two-year pilot program, local media reported.
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Several GOP-led states line up to ban junk food from the food stamp program due to a waiver from the US Department of Agriculture. (istock)
Other GOP-led states, including Texas and West Virginia, have applied for the waiver.
“SNAP was created to increase access to nutritious foods. However, many SNAP purchases are for foods that have no nutritional value,” Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott wrote last week in a letter to Rollins demanding a waiver.
“For the first time under the Trump administration since the program was approved, states can take steps to eliminate the opportunity to buy junk food with the benefits of snaps and ensure that taxpayer dollars are used solely to buy healthy, nutritious foods.”
West Virginia, Nebraska and Texas are all requesting exemptions to remove junk food from their food stamp programs. [FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: West Virginia Gov. Patric Morrisey (R); Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R); Texas Gov. Greg Abott] (Getty Images/Fox News)
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West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey, one of the leaders demanding exemptions, is leading the efforts of other Mahas in his state. In March, Morrisey signed the law on House Bill 2354. The first state in the country It will begin banning certain synthetic dyes and additives used in foods sold in the state.
