Gov. Maura Healey Calls On Trump To Release Funds For SNAP Recipients

CBS Boston

November 3, 2025

Governor Maura Healey called on President Donald Trump to release the contingency funds for SNAP users during an interview on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.

Healey said that the impact of SNAP cuts has been "devastating" for Americans, and that the reason Massachusetts joined 28 other states in suing the administration was to ensure those backup funds are used so people don't go hungry.

"It basically tells the President do what you're supposed to do, which is use the contingency funds that have been set aside for exactly this purpose, when there is a shutdown among other things, release those funds, continue the SNAP payments to our states. I strongly urge that. I hope it happens immediately on Monday. People in this country should not go hungry, and I think Americans don't want to see their brothers and sisters go hungry," Healey told Margaret Brennan.

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