LORDSTOWN — U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, a Republican whose district includes Trumbull County, says anyone who loses Medicaid coverage or SNAP food benefits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act “shouldn’t be on those programs to begin with.”

Joyce, R-Bainbridge, spoke Tuesday to the press after a closed-door roundtable discussion with local business officials at Anderson-DuBose Co. in Lordstown. The event was sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber to tout the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4 after being approved by the Republican-controlled Congress.

Expanding on his comments about the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Joyce said, “What you’re going to do is make s

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