Nearly 50 million Americans saw cuts to their food stamps on November 1, 2013 after the automatic end of a phase of stimulus spending. Californian families on food stamps will now receive about $36 a month less than they used to.

But that’s not all – Congress wants to force even more cuts to the federal food assistance program. The Republican dominated House has already passed a bill that would push 2 million Americans off the program. The Senate has also approved cuts but on a smaller scale.

Uprising host Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed Frank Tamborello, Executive Director of Hunger Action LA about the story.

Watch a video of the interview here:

Bipasha Shom recorded this interview.