It also first reported the employees being placed on leave. All the workers who were placed on indefinite leave were at the meetings, Dodson said. The decision comes as President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress passed a sweeping domestic agenda package earlier this year that will enact massive cuts to the food stamps program. Nearly 42 million people received food stamps, as of May, according to the USDA. In 2023, some 13.5% of households were food insecure at least at some point in the year, according to the most recent USDA report.