For immediate release:
12/02/2025
- Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll
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Karissa Hand, Press Secretary
Boston — Governor Maura Healey issued the following statement after President Donald Trump’s Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, said that the United States Department of Agriculture would withhold SNAP funding for Democratic-controlled states starting next week. Massachusetts has not received notice from the federal government about withheld funds.
“This is truly appalling and cruel,” said Governor Healey. “The Trump Administration is once again playing politics with the ability of working parents with children, seniors and people with disabilities to get food. President Trump needs to order Secretary Rollins to release SNAP funding immediately and prevent more Americans from going hungry."
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Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll
Since taking office, Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll’s top priority has been building a Massachusetts that’s affordable, competitive, and equitable – for every family, worker, and business.