Cohen’s Statement on Tennessee’s Decision to Reinstate Work Requirements for SNAP Recipients

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement on Governor Bill Haslam's decision to reinstate workforce requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in most counties in Tennessee, including Shelby County, beginning February 1, 2018.

"Memphians shouldn't be allowed to go hungry, and while I am awaiting more details about how the Governor's workforce requirement policy for food stamps will be implemented, I fear that's what may happen. According to the most recent census data, the Memphis metro area has the highest poverty rate of metro areas with at least one million people. We need to be making nutrition assistance more available, not less."