Biden Signs Executive Order Increasing Food Assistance Benefits
President Joe Biden signed another executive order on Friday, which focuses on expanding food assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This cannot be who we are as a country,” he said before signing the order. “These are not the values of our nation. We cannot, will not let people go hungry. We cannot let people get evicted because of nothing they did themselves. We cannot watch people lose their jobs. We have to act.” The order calls on the Department of Agriculture to consider enhancing Pandemic-EBT benefits by 15%, giving family with three children more than $100 in extra support e...