House to debate legislation next week
NEW HAVEN - At a press conference Tuesday morning with
Connecticut anti-hunger leaders, U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-3, highlighted the impact of the proposed Farm Bill on hungry families in
Connecticut and across the nation.
The event was held at Cornerstone Christian Church Fellowship Hall in Milford.
The U.S. House of
Representatives’ version of that bill will be debated by the full
chamber as soon as next week.
“Nearly 50 million Americans, including over 16
million children, are struggling with hunger," DeLauro said.
"Here in Connecticut’s
Third Congressional District, nearly one in seven households are not
sure if they can afford enough food to feed their families.
Food Stamps are America’s most important effort to deal with hunger at
home and ensure families can put food on the table. But the bill we are
expecting to debate next week slashes more than $20 billion from Food
Stamps, hurting millions of Americans. These
hurtful cuts are a dereliction of our responsibilities to the American
people, and our moral responsibility to help the least fortunate among
us.”
The bill expected to come before the House of
Representatives next week would force nearly two million low-income
Americans to go hungry, including one million children. It would also
kick roughly 210,000 low-income children off of the
school lunch program.
And many more low-income Americans, mostly
seniors and working families with children, would lose their benefits
due to changes in the relationship between the calculation of Food Stamp
benefits and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP).
Joining DeLauro were Nancy Carrington, President
and CEO, Connecticut Food Bank; Lucy Nolan, Executive Director, End
Hunger Connecticut; Shonda Hinton, Cornerstone Christian Church;
Rev. Dr. Shelly Stackhouse, Church of the Redeemer,
United Church of Christ; and Penelope Davis of Orange.
This post is taken from a press release from DeLauro's office.
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