The federal government should exclude fast-food restaurants from accepting SNAP benefits, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Wednesday on Newsmax, pointing to what she described as hundreds of millions of dollars in spending at drive-thru chains in just nine states over the last two years.
“During the Biden era, they did expand those SNAP benefits to allow for fast-food restaurants,” Ernst told “National Report,” saying a review found “nine states that used $524 million exclusively at fast-food restaurants” in just two years, including “$475 million of that” in California.
Ernst, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, framed her push as a return to the program’s intended purpose.
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