# Warren warns of food crisis from SNAP cuts and inflation

> Senator Elizabeth Warren says Americans face a food insecurity crisis from rising prices and billions in food-stamp cuts since July 2025.
- Title: Warren warns of food crisis from SNAP cuts and inflation
- Summary: Senator Elizabeth Warren says Americans face a food insecurity crisis from rising prices and billions in food-stamp cuts since July 2025. Senator Elizabeth…
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- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-snap-cuts-food-insecurity
- Author: Aimee  Picchi
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:48:49+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: elizabeth warren, snap, food insecurity, inflation, usda, one big beautiful bill act, food stamps, news
## Warren: food crisis from two shocks
Senator Elizabeth Warren says Americans face a food insecurity crisis from rising inflation and food-stamp cuts creating a one-two punch for millions of households.

> one-two punch
## Five point two million lost benefits
Warren asked the USDA to reverse food-stamp policies that resulted in five point two million people losing SNAP benefits since July twenty twenty-five.
## New law expanded work requirements
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Trump in twenty twenty-five, expanded SNAP work requirements and shifted more program costs onto states, creating new enrollment hurdles.
## Food insecurity doubled since twenty twenty
A Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysis found ten percent of U.S. families reported not having enough food in twenty twenty-five, more than double the four percent share in twenty twenty.
## Warren calculates cost of the crisis
Warren developed a food misery index combining seventeen point two billion dollars in rising grocery prices with five point one billion dollars in lost household SNAP benefits.

> food misery index
## Key takeaway

Senator Elizabeth Warren warns that rising food prices and cuts to food stamps have created a food insecurity crisis affecting millions of American households.