Katherine GreggKatie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal ; 'This should never happen in America': RI judge orders SNAP benefits be paid in full
"A fiery and fully exasperated federal judge on Nov. 6 ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fully fund food stamp benefits by the next day for more than 40 million low-income Americans, despite the government shutdown now approaching its seventh week.
“Without SNAP funding for the month of November, sixteen million children will be immediately at risk of going hungry. This should never happen in America,” U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell said in issuing a second temporary restraining order requiring the USDA to tap into its resources to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits."
