Rubio calls for SNAP to exclude soda and desserts

By Jack Birle

Published May 8, 2023 10:19pm ET

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Rubio calls for SNAP to exclude soda and desserts — Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks to reporters after a closed-door briefing on the Chinese surveillance balloon that flew over the United States recently, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is calling for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to exclude soda and “prepared desserts” as part of proposed reforms to the food stamp program.

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