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Has Rob Bresnahan worked to keep WIC funded during a government shutdown?

Matches stated direction. He introduced a 2025 bill to fund WIC during a shutdown, which stayed in committee, and voted for a November 2025 spending law that gave WIC $8.2 billion.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Food: keeping WIC funded

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says mothers and babies on WIC should not go hungry because of a government shutdown.

“Moms and babies should not go hungry because Washington cannot do its job”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, on October 28, 2025, to fund WIC during any shutdown in fiscal 2026. It is still in committee. On November 12, 2025 he voted for H.R. 5371, which the House cleared 222-209 and which became Public Law 119-37 that day. Its farm and food title, Division B, gives WIC $8.2 billion.

Limit: His own bill would have lasted only until the year's farm and food funding passed, which this law did.

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  1. Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdownhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-introduces-keep-wic-working-act-protect-wic-funding-during

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Oct 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of October 29, 2025 on H.R. 5836.

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  2. H.R. 5836, Keep WIC Working Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5836

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced October 28, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations; no later action.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R. 5836, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5836ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Funds WIC during any lapse in Agriculture Department appropriations in fiscal 2026, until that year's Agriculture appropriations are enacted.

    official legislative record

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  4. Roll Call 285, H.R. 5371, motion to concur in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025285

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2025, agreed 222-209. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole. The House agreed to the Senate amendment November 12, 2025 (Roll Call 285); became Public Law 119-37.

    official legislative record

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  6. Public Law 119-37 (H.R. 5371)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved November 12, 2025. Division B (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration) appropriates $8,200,000,000 for WIC.

    official legislative record

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