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Republican Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has introduced legislation to fund federal food assistance that is scheduled to dry up next month if the government shutdown continues.

Last week, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services alerted Iowans who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that November benefits may not be issued onto cards after the U.S. Department of Agriculture directed all states not to issue November benefits if the government shutdown continues.

Iowa SNAP supports roughly 131,000 Iowa households per month. Thirty-two percent of SNAP recipients in Iowa are children, according to the state Department of Health and Human Servic

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