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Peter DeFazio (D-OR) uses grocery trip to warn against food stamp cuts [View all]
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., flips through coupons on Monday as he goes on a shopping trip designed to draw attention to a Republican plan to slash the federal food stamp program. DeFazio tried to stay within the average weekly food stamp budget of $31.50 at the Springfield WinCo grocery store. He was joined by FOOD for Lane County Executive Director Beverlee Hughes (right). (Brian Davies/The Register-Guard)
From The Register-Guard:
Congressman Peter DeFazio pushed his shopping cart through the multicolored aisles of the Springfield WinCo grocery store Monday on an unusual mission.
Joined at the Olympic Street store by FOOD for Lane County Executive Director Beverlee Hughes, and swarmed by camera-toting media professionals, the Oregon Democrat loaded up his cart with Raisin Bran cereal, instant coffee, corn tortillas, green peppers, cheese and other food to last him through the week.
Using the average per-person weekly allocation from the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, DeFazio planned to spend $31.50 at Winco. But he failed to pull it off, ending up spending $1.07 more than that amount when he got to the checkout stand.
DeFazio staged his offbeat shopping trip as a protest against both of the nearly trillion-dollar 10-year farm bills Congress is working on. DeFazio’s point: $31.50 — never mind $32.57 — doesn’t buy very much, and it makes no sense to cut that meager amount, as Congress is proposing.
Joined at the Olympic Street store by FOOD for Lane County Executive Director Beverlee Hughes, and swarmed by camera-toting media professionals, the Oregon Democrat loaded up his cart with Raisin Bran cereal, instant coffee, corn tortillas, green peppers, cheese and other food to last him through the week.
Using the average per-person weekly allocation from the federal food stamp program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, DeFazio planned to spend $31.50 at Winco. But he failed to pull it off, ending up spending $1.07 more than that amount when he got to the checkout stand.
DeFazio staged his offbeat shopping trip as a protest against both of the nearly trillion-dollar 10-year farm bills Congress is working on. DeFazio’s point: $31.50 — never mind $32.57 — doesn’t buy very much, and it makes no sense to cut that meager amount, as Congress is proposing.
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