STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF BUDGET RECONCILIATION (H.R.1) | City-County Observer

STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF BUDGET RECONCILIATION (H.R.1) | City-County Observer

Feeding Indiana’s Hungry announced its extreme displeasure with the passage of House Resolution 1 (HR1). The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in HR1 will reduce critical SNAP support by up to 6 billion meals to as much as 9 billion meals each year*. The following statement may be attributed to Emily Bryant, Executive Director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry: “Today’s passage of the budget reconciliation is undisputedly th…

Joint Statement on Passage of Devastating Cuts to Health and Nutrition Programs

Washington, DC—We condemn Congress’s rushed and reckless vote to pass legislation that slashes Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and SNAP food assistance. These cruel and irresponsible cuts put access to care, health coverage, and healthy food at risk for millions of older adults and people with disabilities, working families, caregivers, and children, and […] The post Joint Statement on Passage of Devastating Cuts to Health and…