Rep. Nancy Mace (R-NC) introduced the Food Assistance Integrity and Responsibility (FAIR) Act this week, designed to weed out fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in part by requiring a photo ID on the EBT cards.
An emailed press release from Mace’s office notes that there is currently “little to no identity verification when a SNAP EBT card is used, opening the door to card sharing, unauthorized purchases, stolen cards being exploited, and taxpayer dollars going to people who aren’t legally eligible at all.”
As a result, millions of fraudulent benefits have been approved:
Across the country, states are reporting…
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