EDGE NEWS WITH JEFF GLOR AT
6:30 RIGHT HERE AFTER
"EYEWITNESS NEWS".
PROPOSED FARM BILL IS
MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH
CONGRESS AND IN OUR AREA
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THAT
COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF
FOOD STAMPS.
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER
CHANTEE LANS IS IN POTTSTOWN
TO EXPLAIN, CHANTEE.
REPORTER: WELL, UKEE,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICIALS
SAY THAT FOOD STAMPS ARE
CRITICAL, TO SOME 55,000
RESIDENTS HERE.
I SPOKE TO ONE RESIDENT WHO
WORKS AT THIS FOOD PANTRY AND
SAYS LOSING HER FOOD STAMPS
BENEFIT WOULD BE A LOW BLOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU FOR
CALLING POTTSTOWN CLOSET THIS
IS DANIELLE.
REPORTER: SHE WORKS
PART-TIME AT POTTSTOWN
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, AND SHE'S
A RECIPIENT OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL
NUTRITION PROGRAM, OR SNAP
ALSO CALLED FOOD STAMPS.
POTTSTOWN MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER STARTED COLLECTING
FOOD STAMPS 16 YEARS AGO AFTER
SHE BOUGHT HER FIRST HOUSE.
I WAS ON IT FOR QUITE A
WHILE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I
SAID MY KIDS WOULD NEVER GO
HUNGRY.
REPORTER: SHE'S AMONG
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN
JEOPARDY OF LOSING THEIR FOOD
STAM BENEFITS AFTER RENEWAL OF
THE NATIONAL FARM BILL THAT
COULD CUT SPENDING AND IMPULSE
JOB TRAINING AND WORK
REQUIREMENTS.
THE BILL PASSED IN THE HOUSE
ON FRIDAY.
FOOD STAMPS ARE NOT LAZY
PERSON'S THING, IT IS FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THAT EDGE,
WHO NEED THAT HELP.
REPORTER: YES.
IT IS A PRETTY SIMPLE THING
IF YOU ARE HUNGRY IT IS HARD
TO BE HAPPY.
REPORTER: MONTGOMERY COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DOCTOR
ARKOOSH SAY 10 PERCENT IS FOOD
IN SECURE, MORE THAN HALF MAKE
TOO MUCH MONEY TO QUALIFY FOR
FOOD STAMPS.
INSTEAD OF CUTTING THE
BENEFIT WOULD I LIKE TO SEE IT
INCREASED.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS
THEY WILL GIVE TO US.
REPORTER: EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR BARBARA WILLAME AND
HER TEAMWORKS WITH THOUSANDS
OF FOOD STAMP RECIPIENT, NOW
WITH THE FARM BILK REVIEWED
AND REVISED IN THE SENATE
SHE'S NERVOUS.
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MINE
WOULD CERTAINLY SEE AN
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
HOUSEHOLDS COMING.
U.S. SENATE IS EXPECT TO
HAVE A DEBATE, BEFORE VOTING
ON THE FARM BILL.
AT VERY LATEST LIVE FROM
POTTSTOWN, CHANTEE LANS FOR
