Mario Diaz-Balart told his constituents that cuts to food assistance would simply eliminate waste and fraud. But stripping food stamps from over 5.6 million people, including one million children, isn't fighting fraud, it's taking away a basic lifeline. Because free school meal funding is tied to food stamp enrollment, Miami-Dade County was just forced to end universal free meals at hundreds of schools. Instead of protecting kids and working families in his own community, he voted to take food off their plates.
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