WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) exposed that the Biden administration opened the floodgates to allow $524 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to be cashed in at restaurants, mostly for fast food, in nine Democrat-run states.

Ernst has been leading the charge to end the waste with her McSCUSE ME Act (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/mcscuse-you-ernst-exposes-blue-states-wasting-500-million-of-snap-funds-on-fast-food) that will restore SNAP to its original mission of providing nutrition to hungry American families in need.

"Biden used the Restaurant Meals Program that exists within SNAP to let s...