LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Nevada's Democratic members of Congress and Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo traded letters Friday, arguing about the funding of a key nutrition program that won't be available starting Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown.

WATCH | Nevada SNAP crisis: Officials clash as 495K face benefit loss Members of Congress, Governor Trade Letters Over SNAP amid Shutdown

It started with a letter from Reps. Steven Horsford, Dina Titus and Susie Lee, all D-Nev., to Lombardo, lamenting "...the ever-rising cost of living under the Trump-Vance Administration" that has left more people relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as SNAP.

"Any lapse in these critical benefits caused by the Republican-driven government shutdown would have devastating an

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