¶ Overview
Paxton supported a bill that made the largest SNAP cut in history. Due in part to the cuts, SNAP enrollees in Texas dropped by 14 Percent.
¶ Paxton Supported SNAP Cuts In Texas
¶ Paxton Supported The One Big Beautiful Bill
Paxton Claimed The Legislation Was “Going To Unleash Economic Growth And Help Deport The Millions Of Illegals Aliens Who Have Been Destroying Our Country.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted, “This is an incredible moment for our nation's future. President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is HISTORIC legislation that's going to unleash economic growth and help deport the millions of illegals aliens who have been destroying our country. AMERICA FIRST!” [Twitter, @KenPaxtonTX, 7/3/25]
Paxton Called On The House To Pass The Senate’s Version And Claimed They Were “One Step Closer To Massive Tax Cuts And Funding To Continue Deporting The Violent Illegals That Joe Biden Brought Into This Country.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tweeted, “One step closer to massive tax cuts and funding to continue deporting the violent illegals that Joe Biden brought into this country! Now it's time for the House to pass the Big Beautiful Bill.” [Twitter, @KenPaxtonTX, 7/1/25]
¶ One Big Beautiful Bill Slashed SNAP Benefits For Texans
The One Big Beautiful Bill Cut SNAP Benefits, Impacting Texans. According to KERA News, “Among the most significant impacts of the bill for Texas families would be cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The federal food assistance program helps low-income households buy groceries. Texans received more than $7 billion in SNAP benefits in fiscal year 2024, according to the nonprofit Feeding Texas, an association of statewide food banks.” [KERA News, 7/2/25]
The Number Of Texans On SNAP Dropped By 14 Percent. According to the Texas Tribune, “The number of Texans receiving food assistance dropped 14% in a year, reflecting a national decline, the result not only of stricter new work requirements imposed last year by the Trump administration but also rising fears of deportation, according to advocates. State data shows that in April, there were nearly 500,000 fewer eligible Texans participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, than in April 2025. Enrollment has slipped since October after Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which introduced multiple restrictions on SNAP. At the end of April, Texas reported 3.1 million eligible SNAP individuals.” [Texas Tribune, 5/20/26]
HEADLINE: 500,000 Fewer Texans Are On SNAP As Participation Slips Nationally [Texas Tribune, 5/20/26]
HEADLINE: “SNAP Cutoff Could Hurt Texas Grocers And The Rest Of The Economy, Experts Say” [Texas Tribune, 10/28/25]
HEADLINE: “With SNAP Benefits Cut Off, Central Texas Groups Work To Fill Gap With Free Meal Giveaway” [KVUE (ABC), 11/2/25]
HEADLINE: “North Texas Grocers Suffer As SNAP Funding Remains Suspended” [FOX 4 KDFW, 11/7/25]
¶ “One Big Beautiful Bill” Slashed SNAP Benefits
22.3 Million Families Would Lose Some Or All Of Their SNAP Benefits, With 5.3 Million Families Losing Over $25 In Benefits A Month And Of Those Families, The Average Loss In Benefits Would Be $146. According to the Urban Institute, “Our preliminary estimates of the SNAP policies in the Senate bill show the following: 22.3 million US families would be affected, losing some or all of their SNAP benefits. Of the total affected families, 5.3 million would lose at least $25 in SNAP benefits per month. Among these families, 3.3 million are families with children, 3.5 million are working families, and 1.7 million are families with a full-time full-year worker. Families losing at least $25 per month would lose $146 per month on average ($1,752 for a full-year recipient). At the state level, average monthly benefit losses for families losing at least $25 per month would range from $72 in Kansas ($864 annually) to $231 in the District of Columbia ($2,772 annually).” [Urban Institute, 7/2/25]
Research Suggested The SNAP Cuts Would Result In 93,000 Premature Deaths. According to the Leonard Davis Institute Of Health Economics, “Peer-reviewed research from other investigators has quantified the mortality rate of individuals under age 65 with SNAP as compared to a similar group without SNAP over a fourteen-year period.4 Assuming a similar risk profile as prior SNAP participants, if we apply that estimate to the 3.2 million Americans projected to lose SNAP benefits under the bill, that would result in 93,000 premature deaths due to the loss of SNAP between now and 2039.” [Leonard Davis Institute Of Health Economics, 7/3/25]