Federal Food Stamp Program That Millions Of Texans Rely On Could Undergo Some Changes

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More than three million Texans rely on the federal food stamp program – also known as SNAP.

But the program that helps feed low-income Americans could be going through some major changes in the near future if a bill before Congress right now passes.

Rachel Cooper is a policy analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities.

"The new bill would mean that we push the work requirements up from 49 to 59. So that's a new group of older workers who would have to maintain their twenty hours at minimum a week," Cooper explained.

The bill would kick about 125 thousand Texans out of the program.