WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), introduced the Food Assurance and Security Act to reinstate the Food Security Supplemental Survey and resume publication of annual household food security reports.
In 1995, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Census Bureau developed this comprehensive nutrition access survey, collecting data on food security and nutrition assistance program participation. However, in September 2025, the Trump administration terminated this survey. Coupled with cuts to nutrition assistance included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, losing the data collected by this survey severely undermines...