SNAP Benefit Reform Proposed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders – Newsweek
“In a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary-designate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and USDA secretary-designate, Brooke Rollins, Sanders called for the government agencies to take action against SNAP benefits being allowed for purchase of ‘junk food,’ including ‘soda, unhealthy snacks, candy and dessert.’
“She said that these food items ‘account for nearly 23 percent, or $25 billion, of all SNAP purchases,’ and that ‘given the relationship between junk food and poor health, our federal food assistance policies are fueling obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and a wide range of chronic health conditions across America.'”