POTTSTOWN — Provisions in the “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law by President Trump on July 4 are making it harder for veterans and low-income residents to obtain and continue to receive federal food aid, local, state and federal elected leaders warn.

Standing in front of racks of fresh produce at the Cluster of Religious Communities food bank on Franklin Street, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-4th Dist., state Sen. Art Haywood, D-4th Dist. and state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., decried the provisions of the bill and said it was designed to discourage people from seeking the aid.

“The cruelty is the point. My blood is boiling,” Dean said of the new rules covering the federal SNAP program, which stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

“Cynically, they are trying to sell th

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