The Michigan House speaker signaled he will be blocking the Senate’s $71 million plan to help feed families amid a pause in federal food assistance, saying Thursday the plan is “fake,” “performative” and “political.”

House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, told reporters Thursday evening, Oct. 30, that the way the Senate passed the legislation would cause a delay in getting aid out to families.

“When we’re facing a crisis where the food banks are going to get such a demand, people are not going to get this benefit and they’re struggling to pay their bills and to get food,” he said. “The answer is not what the Senate Democrats did, which was to pass a bill that couldn’t do anything for many weeks. What we did was work together, look within the budget and figure out how we’re going

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