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Patricia Baker retweeted
Jun 4
McGOVERN: Do you stand by your comment that kicking people off food assistance is somehow 'good news'?
BROOKE ROLLINS: Most of those were fraudulent
McGOVERN: I've talked to people who lost benefits. They were kicked off of SNAP. Hunger is getting worse in the United States.
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Patricia Baker retweeted
This @BostonGlobe story highlights a crisis facing residents with very low or no income – without enough DTA staff, families are struggling & turned away from timely, reliable access to food assistance.
bostonglobe.com/2026/05/01/m…
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Patricia Baker retweeted
Mar 25
States can & should make better choices to protect low-income families despite these federal SNAP cuts. But it’s also urgent for federal policymakers to address H.R. 1's massive cost shift to state budgets, which is driving these harmful state decisions. cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
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Patricia Baker retweeted
Mar 25
New USDA data show 2.5 million fewer people participated in SNAP in December compared to July, when the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. This is only the beginning — even more people will lose SNAP as the full brunt of these cuts take effect.
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Feb 3
DTA's @SEIU509 workers are the glue that connects MA residents with critical food & cash benefits, but we are falling behind, eligible families are losing benefits, & MA is losing fed SNAP $$. Critical that @MassGovernor @MasLegislature provide DTA with more resources ASAP!
TY @BostonGlobe for thoughtful coverage of compassionate work @DTA_Listens staff do every day to help residents put food on the table. As story says, the system is overwhelmed. Now, vulnerable families face unprecedented challenges reaching DTA for help. bostonglobe.com/2026/02/02/m…
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Patricia Baker retweeted
17 Dec 2025
My administration reported this case to the federal government in November 2024.
Glad they’re finally doing something about it.
17 Dec 2025
🚨 Two arrested & charged in alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain millions in SNAP benefits through small variety stores. Allegedly redeemed $100K–$500K in benefits per month – outpacing supermarkets – and sold donated food meant for children overseas.
🔗justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two-m…
ALT Breaking news. Two Massachusetts Men Charged with Large-Scale SNAP Benefits Trafficking. Defendants allegedly trafficked nearly $7 million worth of food stamp benefits and sold donated food product intended for the nonprofit Feed My Starving Children
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17 Dec 2025
Burying critical food security data that can inform researchers & policy makers how low-income Americans are managing is highly irresponsible - especially now with tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting SNAP benefits @fractweets @MassLawReform @projectbread @CenterOnBudget
17 Dec 2025
Trump won't tell us how many people are going hungry in this country because he knows his Big Ugly Bill is making hunger in America worse. His cuts to food assistance are inhumane—and we deserve to know how badly it's hurting our communities.
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Patricia Baker retweeted
9 Nov 2025
More heartless chaos in SNAP. A short 🧵. After a Rhode Island district court ruled that low-income households should receive full November SNAP benefits, many states began work to do so. Friday USDA issued guidance saying it was working toward full November SNAP issuances. 1/
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Patricia Baker retweeted
RI & Boston judges ruled last week the Trump admin illegally withheld SNAP $ during the shutdown. “This is a really positive development, and it clearly shows that the administration was illegally withholding those funds to date,” said MLRI's Vicky Negus.
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16 Oct 2025
Tnx DTA for hiring up more SNAP caseworkers. This is good news.Without front line staff processing SNAP apps & managing the DTA Assistance Line, low income MA residents will go hungry and MA loses fed $. Urging all who are interested to apply. @CivilLegalAid @SEIU509
📢 DTA is hiring! Join our team as a SNAP Case Worker and help support individuals and families across Massachusetts. Apply today and make a difference: mass.gov/work-at-dta.
ALT We're Hiring! SNAP Case Worker positions available statewide!
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16 Oct 2025
MA cannot afford to walk away from the SNAP program. MA needs front line staff to ensure our most vulnerable residents timely access the federal food benefits for which they are eligible. #SNAPworks! @MassGov @DTA_Listens @Seiu509 @RepMcGovern
15 Oct 2025
1 in 6 MA residents put food on the table with SNAP- SNAP accounts for $1 of every $5 spent in grocery stores statewide. SNAP fights hunger & fuels our economy.
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Patricia Baker retweeted
18 Jul 2025
As MLRI shared with the @BostonGlobe @ktkjohnston - Masschusetts has the resources to mitigate the worst harms of this horrific federal legislation.
bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/m…
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Patricia Baker retweeted
18 Jul 2025
MLRI and civil legal aid are ready to stand with the Healey Administration to find ways to mitigate the serious cuts to SNAP food benefits passed by President Trump & Republicans in Congress.
mass.gov/news/as-trump-cuts-…
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Rules Committee Ranking Member @RepMcGovern (D-MA): "Republican leadership in the White House are jamming this bill down our throat … We're here because Donald Trump wants a Fourth of July party to celebrate this garbage bill."
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Patricia Baker retweeted
2 Jul 2025
McGovern: "So I say to my Republican colleagues -- what's wrong with you people? In this bill you provide a $2 billion tax break for gun silencers, but you cut SNAP benefits for vulnerable families. Jesus Christ!"
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26 Jun 2025
TY @MassGovernor for joining 22 Guvs & speaking out. Proposed SNAP cuts and cost-shifting to states are UNCONSCIONABLE. @DTA_Listens @projectbread @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys @Gr8BosFoodBank @MVFoodBank @USCCB @SenWarren @SenMarkey @CivilLegalAid
26 Jun 2025
More than a million people in Massachusetts rely on SNAP — most of them are children, seniors and folks with disabilities. That’s why I joined 22 Governors to send a message to Republicans in Congress:
Stop the cuts. Reject this attack on our health and families.
ALT Governor Healey letter to Congress.
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23 Jun 2025
The Senate is getting ready to vote THIS week on a bill that would slash SNAP and take food away from millions of kids, veterans, and older adults. We can't let this happen. Contact your Senators NOW and urge them to Vote “NO” on the #biguglybill. ctt.ec/4om51
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Patricia Baker retweeted
The least popular provision in the #BigUglyBill? Taking #food from hungry children and families
This bill makes the largest cut to food in history. It will devastate families’ ability to #afford #groceries
California members of Congress should listen to the people and vote no!
What Americans like and don’t like about Trump’s big bill.
Post poll finds 42% of Americans oppose bill. 23% of Americans support bill. 34% who say they have no opinion.
By issue: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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12 Jun 2025
Critical to speak out #HandsOffSNAP Pls read FRAC's analysis of the proposed deep cuts to the nation's most impo nutrition program impacting every state & locality. Unacceptable! @MassLawReform @projectbread @Gr8BosFoodBank @FoodBankWMA @MAFoodSys
12 Jun 2025
SNAP isn’t driving the deficit — billionaire tax cuts are. In a powerful new piece, Gina Plata-Nino, JD, SNAP Deputy Director, outlines the real costs of Senate Republicans’ proposed SNAP cuts. Read why this fight matters: frac.org/blog/senate-follows…
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Patricia Baker retweeted
12 Jun 2025
Urgent action is needed to protect SNAP — the nation's most effective anti-hunger program — ahead of an anticipated Senate Floor vote the week of June 23. secure.everyaction.com/lmBv7…
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