The government shutdown has entered its fourth week, with Republicans and Democrats in the Senate still deadlocked over spending legislation to start the new fiscal year. The stalemate is now jeopardizing the SNAP, also known as food stamps, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns could leave roughly 42 million Americans without benefits if the shutdown continues.

New SNAP funding was supposed to be distributed Nov. 1.

In his interview with Raju, Fetterman said he expects to witness the effects of the SNAP funding lapse firsthand when he returns home to Pennsylvania.

“I’m saying that I’ll witness it firsthand,” he said. “My wife, Giselle, she develops the Free Store in our community. It distributes food three times a week