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Speaker 1: Governor. Heally was clear it's President Trump's fault.

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Speaker 2: Because right now Sydney in Washington is a contingency fund

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Speaker 2: of billions of dollars that the President can use to

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Speaker 2: make these funds available.

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Speaker 1: She says, during every other government shutdown, food benefits continued.

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Speaker 3: I was raised by a single mom, and I do

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Speaker 3: not want to see single moms or anyone else in

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Speaker 3: this state, in this country suffer needlessly.

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Speaker 1: Eighty nine percent of people on SNAP in Massachusetts are children,

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Speaker 1: people with disabilities, and seniors. So Roya's grandchildren rely on

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Speaker 1: her for meals.

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Speaker 4: Moves, and SNAP would be devastating. The cost of the

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Speaker 4: groceries continues to rise, and without that support, I honestly

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Speaker 4: don't know how I'm going to make it.

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Speaker 1: Heally says. The United Way is creating a United Response

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Speaker 1: Fund and is urging everyone to donate. In Roxbury. Suzanne

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Speaker 1: Sausville WBZ, Boston's news radio