Overview
- Brown repeatedly fact-checked Secretary Brooke Rollins over court findings that suggested roughly $4 billion from the Section 32 child nutrition account could have covered full SNAP payments.
- Rollins rejected that view, arguing the money was congressionally authorized for other programs and said using it would have taken resources from schoolchildren.
- Brown cited prior USDA documents from the 2019 shutdown indicating contingency funds could be tapped to sustain SNAP during a funding lapse.
- Media coverage noted that Trump’s administration appealed orders to pay full benefits, including an appeal to the Supreme Court.
- Rollins characterized the Rhode Island judge as a partisan figure and blamed Democrats, while Brown steered the discussion to the immediate impact on families and children.