Brooke Rollins joins Johnson’s rotating cast of guest speakers ahead of SNAP deadline

Published October 31, 2025 1:16pm ET



Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins appeared alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday on Capitol Hill, the latest high-profile guest the speaker has hosted as the government shutdown persists.

Johnson has hosted a slew of guests at his daily press conference each morning, with Rollins’s appearance coinciding with the lapse of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that will happen Saturday due to the government shutdown.

“So the truth has finally revealed itself, hasn’t it?” Rollins said at the press conference. “Democrats’ support for programs like SNAP is now reduced to cynical control over people’s lives. This last month has shown that the party who constantly says it puts people over politics does the complete opposite. Millions of Americans, as of tomorrow, will no longer receive SNAP and potentially WIC or even a paycheck.”

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