DES MOINES, Iowa ( KCCI ) - Nearly 267,000 people in Iowa who rely on SNAP will be without food assistance - unless lawmakers take action before the end of the month.

As KCCI reports , Republican Rep. Zach Nunn toured the Food Bank of Iowa’s location in Des Moines Monday and spoke with some of the organization’s leaders, while meeting with staff and volunteers within the building.

“The main things we’re identifying is where there’s going to be real choke points for the ability to distribute and what things are needed if SNAP does not go forward,” Nunn said.

“For every one meal that is provided by the Food Bank of Iowa, nine are provided by SNAP,” said Tami Nielsen, the Food Bank of Iowa’s president and CEO.

While Nielsen says the organization will rise to the occasion as always,

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