BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Almost 1 in 10 Vermonters are at risk of losing federal funding that keeps food on the table.

That’s according to Senator Peter Welch.

The so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ focuses on tax cuts and boosts funding for national and border security.

Welch says the bill guts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - or SNAP. He adds Vermonters who face hunger need more than $58 million a year to keep them fed, and that’s in jeopardy if the bill passes.

Welch also says it could have implications for years to come.

“You know, in Vermont, we had a discussion with all of our food shelf providers and farmers and folks with gardens—all those infrastructures have been built up with care over years. If that money gets taken away, then those organizations can’t stay in b

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