Carbajal Statement on New Trump Administration Food Assistance Cuts

U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the statement below following a new Trump administration proposal to cut an additional 6 million Americans from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as CalFresh in California. This new proposal would add to the SNAP cuts enacted under Trump’s so-called 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' which have resulted in more than 5 million Americans losing food assistance since July 2025. “I'm outraged that the Trump administration is proposing an additional round of deep SNAP cuts that could hurt millions of families nationwide. This new round is on top of the cuts they already enacted through the ‘Big Ugly Bill’, which led to over 5 million Americans losing access to food assistance since July 2025, including over 300,000 people in California,” said Rep. Carbajal, a member of the House Agriculture Committee. “Over the past year, I visited food banks across the Central Coast and saw firsthand how the initial round of SNAP cuts put a big strain on seniors, veterans, children, and more. It is just heartless to do this again to families who are already struggling under the Trump administration’s failed economic policies. I will continue to fight for Central Coast families and work to rollback these terrible cuts.” Background: According to the Trump administration’s regulatory impact analysis of the proposed rule: 6.3 million individuals in 3.2 million households will lose their SNAP benefits entirely. The 3.2 million families impacted make up 17 percent of SNAP households. SNAP benefits will be cut by $50.82 billion. Federal spending on benefits will be cut by $44.65 billion over 5 years (FY2027-FY2031), and state spending on benefits will be cut by $6.17 billion. SNAP administrative expenses will increase by $1.24 billion. Federal spending on administrative expenses will increase by $309.5 million over five years. State spending on administrative costs will increase by $928.5 million. Increased burden on participants is estimated to be approximately $71.7 million over five years. Because SNAP participation is often used to streamline eligibility for basic needs programs, the proposed rule's effects reach beyond the program. 1.78 million children would no longer be categorically eligible for school meals. Of those children: 97 percent would likely remain eligible but need to go through an onerous paperwork process to maintain eligibility. 93,000 children would be shifted from free to reduced-price school meals. 28,000 children would lose free school meals entirely and have to pay full price. 42,000 children will no longer receive Summer EBT (“Sun Bucks”) beginning in the summer of 2029. An estimated 13,000 of these children would lose benefits they qualify for due to administrative burden (i.e., not applying for SEBT, even though they remain eligible). 5,500 women, infants and children would be kicked off the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Since the implementation of Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,” an estimated 5.5 million Americans have already been kicked off SNAP , including around 2 million children.