Last night, Derrick Van Orden voted to slash funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that helps feed thousands of children across Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. The Republican bill would cut nearly $300 billion from the program relied on by over 34,000 households in Van Orden’s district, over 40% of which have children.
Van Orden’s vote also threatens the livelihoods of Wisconsin farmers who depend on SNAP purchases from places like farmers’ markets, school districts, and grocery stores.
Sitting on the House Agriculture Committee, Derrick Van Orden provided a decisive vote for extremist House Republicans as they seek to pass their enormous tax breaks for the wealthy on the backs of everyday Wisconsinites.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“While Derrick Van Orden pretends to care about Wisconsin’s families and farmers, the only people he’s really fighting for are the ultra-wealthy. This bill will rip food off the tables of his district’s most vulnerable children and take money directly out of farmers’ pockets so he can give a tax cut to billionaires – Van Orden’s vote is a direct betrayal of the very people he vowed to protect and Wisconsin’s 3rd won’t forget it.”
