Looming cuts to food assistance in Trump's budget bill
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Republicans are proposing significant changes to food assistance, which could impact supplemental nutrition programs for older adults, school lunches and the agriculture industry. What will the cuts mean for hunger and nutrition in the U.S.?
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| 1:12.7 | This is On Point. I'm Megyn Chakrabardi, and we are in day three of our week-long look at the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Congressional Budget Reconciliation Bill that could make huge changes to the lives of tens of millions of Americans. |
| 1:18.9 | Now, before we actually get to today's topic, which is about food insecurity, I want to take a moment to answer a question that several of you have actually sent to us already. |
| 1:24.6 | Why are we calling it the one big, Beautiful Bill Act? And the simple answer is, |
| 1:31.7 | because that is what it's called. That's the official title of the legislation. It's House |
| 1:36.7 | Resolution 1 of the 119th Congress, One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Now, we follow the journalism |
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