Greg Abbott is jumping into the push to restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda and candy in Texas. The Texas Republican ... in need,” Abbott wrote in a letter to Rollins on Wednesday.

A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would ... restrictions on the types of food people can purchase using SNAP funds, formerly known as food stamps. Republican State Sen.

In a letter to Secretary ... "Let’s make Texas Healthy Again, I filed SB 379 to prohibit candy, soda, chips and other junk foods from being purchased with SNAP-food stamps.

Texas’ governor ... In a Wednesday letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Abbott asked for the waiver — which would give the state the ability to restrict these food purchases ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A bill restricting what Texans can buy with food stamps is one step closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 379 overwhelmingly passed 22-8 and now heads to the House.