SHAHEEN GUEST FOR STATE OF THE UNION WILL HIGHLIGHT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES WORSENING THE COST OF FOOD AND GROCERIES, JEOPARDIZING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR GRANITE STATERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced that Elsy Cipriani, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Food Bank (https://nhfoodbank.org/), will be her guest for President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress tomorrow night to highlight the growing affordability crisis that many Americans are facing, including rising food and grocery prices. As New Hampshire's only food bank, the non-profit's ability to distribute millions of pounds of food to Granite Staters is being hurt by federal funding cuts in President Trump and Republican's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included $187 billion in cuts to food assistance to pay for tax breaks for ...