Monday, November 10, 2025
Tarr in the News: Tarr Advocates for SNAP Relief
TARR IN THE NEWS | 11.05.25
'State pressured to tap reserves for
SNAP benefits'
By Christian Wade | CNHI Statehouse
Reporter | Gloucester Daily Times
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"Last week, the Legislature’s
Republican minority called for a carve-out in a supplemental budget being
considered by a six-member legislative panel to provide state funding for SNAP
recipients who stand to lose benefits.
In a letter to the conference committee
members, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr of Gloucester asked the panel to
allocate state money for SNAP benefit payments and seek reimbursement from the
federal government when full SNAP funding resumes.
“This request protects the most
vulnerable in the commonwealth, prevents immediate administrative and
humanitarian crises, and preserves the commonwealth’s ability to be reimbursed
by the federal government once funding resumes,” the GOP lawmakers wrote.
The lawmakers noted that other states
have allocated funding to offset the impact from a freeze on SNAP funding, and
that Massachusetts has provided more than $2 billion for the state’s emergency
shelter system to help cover the cost of providing for an influx of migrants
over the past two years.
“Given that precedent, a time-limited
appropriation to sustain SNAP benefits is a modest and defensible use of
one-time funds,” the lawmakers wrote."
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Read the full article:
https://www.gloucestertimes.com/.../article_6646b728-5b5c...
