Please Vote TODAY to restore $4.5 billion

There are decisions being made NOW about the future of food assistance in this country.  We need your help!!!!!!!!  FBR strongly supports Senator Gillibrand’s amendment #2156 to restore the $4.5 billion in cuts to SNAP included in the bill. Any cuts to SNAP will only increase demand on food banks and other charities that are already stretched to the breaking point trying to keep up with increased need. This amendment would help reverse the significant drop off in TEFAP commodities provided to food banks in recent years due to strong agricultural markets by clarifying USDA’s authority to make bonus TEFAP purchases in consideration of states’ needs in addition to market conditions. Finally, it would make important investments in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program that benefits low-income elementary school children.

PLEASE take a couple minutes out of your day TODAY to contact the offices below with the following message!

·       Call our toll-free hotline: 877-698-8228
·       Listen to the preprompted.
·       You will then be connected to your Senators. Deliver this message:
As your constituent, I urge you to protect hunger-relief programs in the Farm Bill. With unemployment still high, many people in our community are still struggling and they need help putting food on the table. Please support Senator Gillibrand’s amendment to restore the cuts to SNAP and oppose any efforts to cut or weaken hunger-relief programs.