Gov. Ned Lamont said he has told the state Department of Social Services to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and full benefits will be on cards by early next week. The governor said he told the department to fully fund SNAP with state funds from the surplus and it will be the full $72 million,

After a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits, Vice President JD Vance called the ruling "absurd."