FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Local leaders say there's still a lot of uncertainty in the air when it comes to SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown. This comes after two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funding to continue providing SNAP benefits to beneficiaries around the country

Friday, one day before what was supposed to be a scheduled pause of regular SNAP benefits being distributed, they made a bipartisan call for an end to the shutdown, and ultimately, that uncertainty for Central Valley families.

"In the richest nation in the world, it is absolutely unconscionable that we not provide food to every segment of our society and to every person in America," said Democratic Congressman Jim Costa.

If those funds are withheld, Central California Food

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