[USDA\School Meals]
Democrats: “The Department’s refusal to extend all school meal waivers is inconsistent and baffling during this national crisis, especially considering that as many as 17 million children did not get enough to eat this summer.”
Photo: USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Democrats Denounce USDA Inaction to Provide School Meals to Children
Democrats to USDA: Provide School Meals to Needy Children
[School Mail]
Rep. Scott\Sen. Stabenow: “As families grapple with economic hardship as a result of COVID-19, school meals are a lifeline for students…However, many students still face challenges accessing these meals when schools are closed.”
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COVID-19: NY Assembly Passes Legislation to Help Vulnerable New Yorkers
[COVID-19\NY Assembly]
New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: “These bills will help families and some of our most vulnerable populations weather the economic storm that the COVID crisis has brought.”
Photo: YouTube
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO TRUMP: NOW ISN’T THE TIME TO LET 3.1 MILLION STARVE
[COVID-19 SNAP Benefits]
James: “With tens of millions of individuals out of work and with the nation in the middle of a public health crisis, now is not the time to let 3.1 million people go hungry.”
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OHIO CONGRESSWOMAN FUDGE: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW SNAP RULE ESCALATES WAR ON WORKING AMERICANS
[Congressional News\ SNAP]
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge: “Instead of considering hungry individuals and their unique struggles and needs, the Department has chosen to paint them with the broadest brush, demonizing them as lazy and undeserving. The President has cynically weaponized USDA as a blunt political instrument, in clear opposition to its mission to ‘do right and feed everyone.’ USDA has sunk to a new low in its war on the poor.”
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