On behalf of SNAP recipients across the nation, I will be fighting for the inclusion of the Hot Foods Act in the final farm bill, which would expand SNAP-eligible foods to include a wide array of hot food options, like soups, hot sandwiches and rotisserie chicken.
Angie Craig will fight for the inclusion of the Hot Foods Act in the final farm bill to expand SNAP-eligible foods to include a wide array of hot food options.
Occurrences
Evidence
Craig said she voted against a narrow farm-bill amendment on rotisserie chicken and that she would keep fighting for inclusion of the Hot Foods Act in the final farm bill, which would expand SNAP eligibility to a wider range of hot foods such as soups, hot sandwiches, and rotisserie chicken.
On the House floor, an amendment to H.R. 7567 sought to make hot rotisserie chicken SNAP-eligible. The debate explicitly contrasted that narrower idea with the broader Hot Foods Act, and the chair noted current SNAP rules do not allow hot prepared foods.
The introduced House farm bill text for H.R. 7567 is the baseline vehicle for the 2026 farm bill, but the text contains no Hot Foods Act language or hot-food/SNAP expansion references in the bill text available on Congress.gov.
Assessments
Craig is an active federal officeholder and the promise concerns ongoing federal farm-bill negotiations in her current term. The evidence shows she publicly advocated for the broader Hot Foods Act and distinguished it from a narrower rotisserie-chicken amendment, but the available H.R. 7567 farm-bill text did not include the Hot Foods Act language and there is no evidence that a final farm bill including the promised SNAP hot-food expansion has passed. Because the promised final inclusion remains pending rather than completed or definitively failed, the proper outcome is unresolved, with an effort badge for documented advocacy.