Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown speaks on U.S. House Floor against Trump's "big beautiful bill," GOP cuts to SNAP, food stamps...Calls the GOP's "big beautiful bill" an unfunded mandate on states that imperils benefits
O hio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Staff article Washington, DC – Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), a Warrensville Hts. Democrat who represents Ohio's 11th congressional district , and one of three Black women in Congress from Ohio, spoke in opposition to the Republican Reconciliation Bill on the U.S. House of Representatives floor Wednesday , calling attention to the bill's cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps). The Senate-passed Reconciliation Bill ( The One, Big Beautiful Bill Act) includes a $186 billion federal funding cut to SNAP, the largest cut in the program's history. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that some five million Americans will lose SNAP benefits if the president's "big beautiful bill" becomes law, a disproportionate number of them Black and low-income single mothers. Congressional Demo...