She led some of her Democratic colleagues in introducing an amendment to remove the new SNAP work requirements from the debt-ceiling bill.
"Come see me in a year, and I'll show you how much we actually saved," McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday night.
How the work requirements will impact employmentDespite McCarthy and Republicans' belief that work requirements will bolster employment, some experts aren't so sure.
Work requirements in SNAP have increased employment less; in Medicaid, they appear to have had little effect on employment."
"I think it goes to the principle of this bureaucratic red tape that we call work requirements," Jayapal said.
Persons:
—, Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Biden, McCarthy, — McCarthy, Cori Bush, Lauren Bauer, there's, Bauer, Bernard Yaros, it's, Yaros, Congressional Progressive Caucus Pramila Jayapal, Jayapal
Organizations:
SNAP, CBO, Service, Supplemental, Assistance, Democratic, Office, White, Economic, Brookings Institution, The, Brookings, Moody's, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Locations:
Missouri, TANF