 ccrp poll showing of photo id to get food stamp benefits congressman matt salmon rariz has introduced the snap verify act in wahsington which is aimed at reducing the amount of fraud that he said is leading to hundreds of millions of dollars in wasted food aid each year he says that the supplemental nutrition assistance program snap also known as the food stamp program is aimed at helping people in need and that congress must ensure those benefits are not being diverted his proposed legislation would require anyone who utilizes federal food stamps to show a photo id when they use their electronic benefit cards ebcs to buy groceries his bill would simply require the use of a photo id of the authorized user of snap electronic benefit card at the point of the transaction a recent government accountability office report found that 22 billion in food stamp benefits were improperly handed out in 2009 he said current law requires efforts to ensure food stamps are only given to eligible people but said there is no requirement that recipients show their id when buying food salmon said this loophole allows unauthorized people to use ebcs to buy food and said the illegal selling of these cards contributes to 750 million in losses each year the bill was introduced just days after congress approved a farm bill that authorizes about 80 billion in spending on snap each year for the next five years currently none of the congressional members serving in washington from michigan have asked to be named as cosponsors of the bill poll overview new poll question should congress pass a bill requiring food stamp recipients to show a photo id when purchasing groceries yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link  should congress pass a bill requiring food stamp recipients to show a photo id when purchasing groceries  give us your opinion by clicking on add new comment after you vote previous poll question what do you feel is the resolution to the transgender bathroom facility situation 62 require the use of the bathroom that corresponds to your birth sex 13 schools should create a common bathroom for all transgendered individuals 10 schools should make all bathrooms unisex 10 undecided 3 schools should allow transgendered students to use the bathroom opposite of their birth sex 3 schools should create separate transgendered bathrooms for each sex there were no comments made on the poll   all emails addresses  