State Senator Jeff Gordon released the following statement regarding SNAP funds
October 30, 2025
HARTFORD, CT – State Senator Jeff Gordon (R-Woodstock) released the following statement regarding SNAP funds:
“Many people in our communities are concerned and anxious about what will happen with SNAP food benefits during the time that a federal budget is not in place. This is becoming more of an acute problem as each day goes by.
I am not in Washington, D.C., and thus I am not able to directly fix whatever issues are ongoing in Congress regarding the federal budget. I encourage legislators of both parties in Congress to resolve the impasse quickly.
As a CT State Senator, I continue to focus on issues here in our state and in the communities of the 35th State Senate District. I note that CT has a budget in place. But the state budget cannot replace in the long term the federal money we get for the SNAP program. We must work on what we can do here at the state level in the short term during these times. That is what I have been doing. Recently, I was at an Appropriations Committee meeting, and this week I was at a Veterans’ and Military Affairs Committee meeting, to learn more about what is going on in CT, to ask questions, and to be involved in decision-making. I continue to get updates from state agencies, including the Department of Social Services. I appreciate that additional state assistance to CT Foodshare is happening, which can help our communities.
CT has over $4 billion in its Rainy-Day Fund. This is due to smart financial planning because of the bipartisan fiscal guardrails put into place in 2017 and renewed in 2023. The Governor or the Legislature has the capability to use the Rainy-Day Fund when there is a serious situation, such as what is at hand for SNAP benefits.
We can work in a bipartisan way, along with the Governor, to use some of the emergency Rainy Day Fund to cover the SNAP program so that those who rely upon it do not face food shortages. This is the right thing to do. But we must do this in a responsible way without creating spending that either circumvents the fiscal guardrails or leads to unrelated use of taxpayer dollars.”