Gohmert Wants Work Requirement in Farm Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An East Texas lawmaker wants a work requirement for SNAP recipients included in a new farm bill. As the conference committee works to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the farm bill, Tyler Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert says people receiving nutrition assistance should have to work for their benefits. Gohmert says, “One of the most important things in the farm bill is a requirement that people work if they’re capable in order to get the SNAP, or the food supplement program. And so we’re hoping to keep that in. There are senators that want to take it out.” The work requirement is not in the Senate version, and leaders say it won’t be. House Freedom Caucus members killed the first House bill.