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((NICK)) THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING A
RULE THAT WOULD LIMIT
AMERICANS ACCESS TO FOOD
STAMPS. MORE THAN THREE
MILLION PEOPLE COULD BE
REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL
PROGRAM. EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MORGAN PARRISH LOOKS
INTO HOW THIS COULD EFFECT
LOCAL RESIDENTS.
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((MORGAN))A NEW PROPOSAL BY
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WOULD
LIMIT AMERICANS ACCESS TO FOOD
STAMPS BY ELIMINATING
AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN THE
PROGRAM FOR POOR FAMILIES WHO
RECEIVE WELFARE BENEFITS.THE
PROPOSAL IS THE LATEST EFFORT
TO CUT BACK ON THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN
AS "SNAP".TIFFANI PINKNEY,
WILLIAMSPORT"OH MAN I THINK
IT'S PATHETIC I HONESTLY THINK
ITS A VERY SELFISH MOVE ITS
REALLY INCOSIDERATE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN NEED
OF THE ASSSITANCE."THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE ESTIMATES THAT 1.7
MILLION HOUSEHOLDS WILL NOT
MEET SNAP'S INCOME AND ASSET
ELIGIBILITY PREREQUISITES
UNDER THE PROPOSED RULE.THAT'S
ABOUT 3.1 MILLION PEOPLE WHO
WOULD LOSE THEIR BENEFITS.AXEL
BERRIOS, SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT
"THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
NEED FOOD HERE IN
WILLIAMSPORT."A SPOKESPERSON
WITH THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
FOOD BANK SHARED A STATEMENT
WITH EYEWITNESS NEWS...IT
READS "we are still looking
into exactly how many families
it might affect in Central
Pennsylvania. We do know that
SNAP is a critical program to
helping people in need to have
access to healthy nutritious
food"GARY SHIPMAN, DIRECTOR OF
SOCIAL SERVICES/AMERICAN
RESCUE WORKERS"EACH WEEK I
ORDER ANYWHERE FROM I WOULD
SAY 3 TO 5 THOUSAND POUNDS OF
FOOD MEAT ALONE AT LEAST 3
THOUSAND AND WE GO THROUGH
THAT IN A WEEKS TIME SO THATS
QUITE A BIT OF FOOD."GARY
SHIPMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF
SOCIAL SERVICES WITH THE
AMERICAN RESCUE WORKERS, AND
LEADS THE FOOD PANTRY.HE SAYS
IN JUNE, THE PANTRY HAD MORE
THAN 850 PEOPLE COME IN TO
BRING HOME MEALS.GARY SHIPMAN
"OBVIOUSLY ITS GOING TO AFFECT
THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT."
MORGAN PARRISH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS."THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
SAYS IF 3.1 MILLION AMERICANS
ARE CUT FROM THE PROGRAM, IT
WILL ESSENTIALLY SAVE
TAXPAYERS ABOUT 2.5 BILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR."TIFFANI PINKNEY
"IT'S ONLY 12 PERCENT OF THE
U.S POPULATION IS ACTUALLY
USING AND BENEFITTING OFF OF
WELFARE THATS ONLY 12 PERCENT
SO YOU KNOW THAT'S REAL
SELFISH NOT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
TO THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY
NEED IT."MORGAN PARRISH,
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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((NICK)) A FINAL
REGULATION WILL BE ISSUED
AFTER A 60 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
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((NICK)) A GORGEOUS SUMMER
