LePage staffer forced to answer same invasive questions he asked SNAP recipients [View all]
Putting a spotlight on the extensive and invasive information that low-income Mainers are required to disclose in order to obtain food stamps, U.S. Rep. Katie Porter of California fired question after question at a former Maine official credited with implementing that burdensome policy during a U.S. House committee hearing last week.
Sam Adolphsen, a right-wing activist and former chief operating officer at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services under former Governor Paul LePage, is credited with introducing strict work requirements that made it harder for Mainers to receive assistance from SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps.” The Trump administration is trying to impose similar restrictions on the federal level and estimates that nearly 700,000 people across the nation will no longer be eligible for the program.
During a House sub-committee hearing on the proposed cuts, Porter posed a series of questions to Adolphsen, who now serves as policy director for the conservative Foundation for Government Accountability.
“Mr. Adolphsen, how much do you pay each month for electricity and how often?”
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