Rep. Mo Brooks said he backs the White House’s plan to trim food stamp rolls by almost 700,000 people, criticizing “slackers” who take money from “hard-working taxpayers.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its final plan yesterday to do away with state waivers that allow for some able-bodied adults without dependents to receive assistance through the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the official name for food stamps. Able-bodied adults without dependents are required to work at least 20 hours a week or be limited to three months of benefits in a three-year time period.

In the past, however, states could apply for waivers to those work requirements if they were in areas of higher-than-average unemployment. The Trump administration change eliminates those waivers and will trim between 680,000 to 700,000 off the food stamp rolls, the USDA said.

Brooks, R-Huntsville, said the change is a good one.

“It is wrong to let slackers take roughly $70 billion per year from hard working taxpayers who need that money for their own needs,” Brooks said in a statement. “With unemployment at record lows, with 7 million available job openings, work opportunities are abundant. Able-bodied adults should never be allowed to vote for a living rather than work for one.

“I fully support the Trump administration’s efforts to bar able-bodied, working age Americans from receiving food stamps, SNAP, or any other food benefits they can and should be paying for with money they earn themselves,” he added.

The change is expected to save some $1.1 billion in the first year and $7.9 billion over five years.