date:Jul 12, 2012
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Senator Jim McGovern (D-MA) offered an amendment to restore $16.5 billion to the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the official name for the food stamp program, which is now offered through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards that look like a plastic debit card.
McGovern told committee members that the error rate for SNAP is one of the lowest of all federal programs, about 1.8%, and that it includes people who are excluded from food stamp eligibility as well as t