A top House Republican is blasting a key part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA crusade for raising prices.

Earlier this year, Kennedy and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins began calling on states to bar people from purchasing unhealthy foods and beverages using food stamps.

Rollins announced Wednesday that 18 states have answered the call and submitted waivers to ban purchases of soda, energy drinks, and candy with benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

But House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson, a Republican, is now warning that the policy misses the mark and will push grocery prices up—a warning issued as President Donald Trump wrestles with slumping polls thanks to an affordability crisis.

“I think it’s going to driv

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