As of Nov. 1, more than 75,000 Lane County residents have lost access to their SNAP benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has provided food aid to one in five Lane County residents for years, until the government shutdown led to a funding shortage.

Benefits for SNAP users across the country renew on the first of every month. But this month, nothing came in.

At a press conference in Eugene on Saturday, Democratic lawmakers and local advocates spoke out against the Trump administration’s inaction and voiced their support for Oregonians in need.

“Just about everybody is helping with this except Donald Trump,” Senator Ron Wyden repeatedly said during the conference. “Time for Donald Trump to step up and stop blocking what his own administration says.”

Wyden, joined by Co

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