CCTV reporters learned on October 25, local time, that nine food banks and anti-hunger organizations from eight states in the United States said that if November's "Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program" (SNAP) benefits cannot be distributed, they will have difficulty coping with the surge in food demand. Many state governments warned this week,If the benefits are discontinued, the hunger problem could rise dramatically.¡£

The chief executive of a food bank in Huntington, West Virginia, said the food bank¡¯s budget has been severely pressured and has had to cut its distribution as food prices rise and the number of people seeking aid rises.

The U.S. federal government ¡°stop¡± has entered its fourth week, with provisional funding bills repeatedly blocked in Congress. The government stop has resulted in Congress failing to fund the SNAP project. In addition, the stop also threatens to depend on the ¡°Special Supplementary Nutrition Program (WIC) Benefits¡± (Central Media Journalist Wu Han Baby) for seven million women, babies and children in the United States.