Sid Miller, the state’s agriculture commissioner, assured Texans on Thursday that public school students in need will still get their free and reduced breakfasts and lunches.

As the nation prepares for SNAP benefits to halt on Saturday, leaders turned their attention to public schools. For millions of students, school is the most reliable source of meals.

Miller said the Texas Department of Agriculture will stand in the gap, and called the government shutdown causing the halt in SNAP funding “this damaging Schumer shutdown.”

“Texas families can count on us,” Miller said in a statement on Thursday. “Whether it’s in a big city cafeteria or a small-town lunchroom, no child will be left to wonder if there’ll be a meal waiting for them at school. We will continue to work hand-in-hand with US

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