NOTHING.
HE WANTS A NEW STATE LAW
IF NEW MEXICANS WANT TO
GET FOOD STAMPS,
THEY HAVE TO WORK FOR
IT.
NEWS 13 )S MADELINE
SCHMITT IS LIVE AT THE
ROUNDHOUSE IN
SANTA FE WITH THE
DETAILS OF THIS BILL.
MADELINE.
KIM,
REPUBLICAN SENATOR PAT
WOODS FROM BROADVIEW IN
CURRY COUNTY SAYS IF
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HELP
FROM THE STATE THEY
SHOULD BE WORKING TO
GETTING OFF THE
ASSISTANCE AS
WELL.
IT )S AN ISSUE FAMILIAR
TO NEW MEXICANS.
BACK IN 2015, THE
GOVERNOR )S OFFICE
ANNOUNCED THOSE
ABLE-BODIED
PEOPLE WITHOUT
DEPENDENTS RECEIVING
SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM BENEFITS --
WOULD HAVE TO
SHOW THEY WORK AT LEAST
80 HOURS A MONTH IN AN
APPROVED WORK
ACITIVTY.
IT WAS A CHANGE THAT
AFFECTED ABOUT 11
THOUSAND PEOPLE IN OUR
STATE.
BUT THE MOVE CAME UNDER
FIRE -- AND EVENTUALLY,
A FEDERAL COURT
ISSUED AN INJUCTION,
HATLING THE CHANGES.
NOW, SENATOR WOODS IS
PROPOSING A BILL THAT
WOULD
REQUIRE PEOPLE ON SNAP
BENEFITS TO WORK,
VOLUNTEER OR GET JOB
TRAINING FOR AT LEAST 20
HOURS A WEEK.
...Sen. Pat Woods/R
Broadview "12:53:56 I
have a lot of employers
asking me for workers,
they need people to go
to work and I think it )s
time to get people on
the workforce
12:54:08"...
ACCORDING TO A REPORT --
IF THIS BILL PASSES, THE
HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WOULD SPEND
AN ESTIMATED TWO
POINT FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE RECEIVING SNAP
BENEFITS ARE
WORKING OR LOOKING FOR
WORK.
AND AS IT DID BEFORE,
THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO
ABLE-BODIED
PEOPLE WITHOUT
DEPENDENTS.
THE BILL IS BEING HEARD
IN THE SENATE PUBLIC
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RIGHT
NOW??
THE STATE REPORTS MORE
THAN 500 THOUSAND
PEOPLE, IN TOTAL, WERE
HELPED BY THE SNAP
PROGRAM IN NEW MEXICO
LAST YEAR.
KIM, BACK TO YOU.
OKAY MADELINE.
ANOTHER SENATOR IS
LOOKING TO CHANGE THE
SNAP PROGRAM, TOO.
CLIFF PIRTLE WANTS TO
KEEP PEOPLE RECEIVING
SNAP BENEFITS FROM
USING THE MONEY ON JUNK
FOOD.
THAT BILL HASN )T GOTTEN
VERY FAR.
THE NEW MEXICO HOUSE IS
