Effects of the pause will be especially widespread in Texas, which has the highest population of food insecure people in the country.

Texas, offered a pointed analogy Wednesday when asked about Democrats blaming President Donald Trump for the impending cutoff of federal nutrition assistance due to the government shutdown. Cornyn compared Democrats to the proverbial kid who murders his parents,

David Macpherson, Ph.D., the Economics Department chair at Trinity University, said the loss of SNAP benefits spending will be felt by the Texas economy.

The ongoing shutdown means more than $600M per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump that money into the state economy.

NBC 5 Investigates is investigating how the federal government shutdown affects North Texas families needing food assistance.

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into November.

About 3.5 million Texans—including 1.7 million children—could lose access to SNAP benefits next month if the shutdown continues.

An estimated 3.5 million Texans, or more than 1 in 10, rely on SNAP. Experts warn that losing benefits could affect grocery stores.

As the government shutdown continues, hundreds of thousands of Central Texans will soon lose their SNAP benefits.