North Carolina's counties were left to find an estimated $52 million for the first year of new SNAP administrative costs, and the state is on course to owe about $140 million toward benefits in fiscal 2028, because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. David Rouzer, the 7th District's representative, was one of the 215 ayes that passed it over 214 on May 22, 2025, and an aye again at final passage on July 3.
Rouzer also cast the February 2025 budget vote, decisive at 217 to 215, that gave the Agriculture Committee a $230 billion deficit-reduction target. Statewide, more than 110,000 people have left SNAP since September 2025.
David Rouzer's Votes on SNAP Cuts and Work Rules
- The Largest SNAP Cut on Record, $187 Billion, Became Law With Rouzer's Final-Passage Aye, After His One-Vote House Margin. No H.R. 1 without Rouzer on May 22, 2025: the House version prevailed 215 to 214. On July 3, 2025, the final law carried 218 to 214, and Rouzer was again among the ayes. By the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' tally, the law takes $187 billion, roughly a fifth, out of SNAP through 2034, a reduction no earlier law has matched. The final law's time limits reach adults as old as 64 and parents of teens, and it ends the exemptions veterans and homeless people had; CBO's projection is about 2.4 million fewer people on SNAP in a typical month as a result.
- Rouzer's Decisive Budget Vote Set a $230 Billion Target for SNAP's Committee, and the Final Law Hands North Carolina's Counties a Bill. On February 25, 2025, H.Con.Res. 14 squeaked by 217 to 215 with Rouzer's aye; his no would have made it a tie, and ties fail. The resolution told the House Agriculture Committee, home of SNAP law, to "reduce the deficit by not less than $230,000,000,000". Rouzer's ayes on the floor rules for H.R. 1 followed in May and in July 2025. Under the law enacted with Rouzer's July 3, 2025 aye, Washington covers just 25 percent of SNAP's administrative costs starting in fiscal 2027. In North Carolina, where counties run SNAP, that shift lands on local budgets, which had hoped the General Assembly would cover the estimated $52 million first-year cost; it did not, NC Health News reported.
What David Rouzer's SNAP Votes Cost North Carolina Counties and Families
- North Carolina counties absorb about $52 million in new SNAP costs, squeezing local budgets. Because North Carolina's counties administer SNAP, the higher share of administrative costs falls to them, about $52 million in the first year by NC Health News' estimate, with no state money to help. Scotland County's manager, April Snead, told the outlet, "We juggle other things in the budget," and "It can become a burden on our taxpayers."
- A $140 million SNAP benefit bill comes due for North Carolina in fiscal 2028. North Carolina's 7.36 percent payment error rate puts it in the tier that pays 5 percent of benefit costs when states start sharing them, about $140 million in fiscal 2028 by CBPP's estimate, money the state must pull from schools, roads or other services, or else cut food aid further.
- 47,000 older North Carolinians and 43,000 parents of teens were at risk of losing SNAP in CBPP's estimate for the Senate committee's version of the work rules. Some 47,000 childless, nondisabled North Carolinians between 55 and 64, plus 43,000 parents of teens 14 and up, risked losing SNAP in an average month under the plan the Senate Agriculture Committee put forward, which had both time-limit expansions the law went on to make, the same research group estimated in June 2025. Each lost benefit is groceries a household must find another way to buy.
- Over 110,000 North Carolinians have dropped off SNAP in under a year. North Carolina's SNAP participation was down by more than 110,000 people between September 2025 and early August 2026, according to NC Health News, as SNAP cuts and work rules sent more families to food pantries that can fill only a small part of the gap.
Frequently Asked Questions About David Rouzer on Food Assistance
What is David Rouzer's record on food assistance under Trump?
David Rouzer's food assistance record under Trump includes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the largest SNAP cut on record at $187 billion through 2034. His aye on May 22, 2025 was one the House version could not lose, he voted for the final law on July 3, 2025, and his February 2025 budget vote decided the resolution that set a $230 billion target for SNAP's committee. North Carolina's counties now carry about $52 million in new costs.
What do the SNAP changes David Rouzer voted for cost North Carolina?
Under the law David Rouzer voted for, North Carolina counties pay about $52 million more in first-year SNAP administrative costs, by NC Health News' estimate. In fiscal 2028 the state's 7.36 percent error rate means a share of benefit costs near $140 million, by CBPP's math. Nationally, the Congressional Budget Office projects 2.4 million fewer SNAP participants in an average month.
How many North Carolinians could lose food assistance because of David Rouzer's vote?
The work rules David Rouzer voted for extend SNAP's time limit to adults 55 to 64 and to parents of teenagers. Looking at the Senate Agriculture Committee's plan, which carried both of those expansions, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found in June 2025 that 47,000 older North Carolinians without children and 43,000 parents of teenagers were at risk of losing SNAP each month. The state's caseload has already shrunk by over 110,000 since September 2025, NC Health News found.
Last updated: 2026-10-27