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God Weeps for Hungry Families. No SNAP Cuts! As people of faith, we believe that our nation has a shared moral responsibility to ensure that no one in the United States goes hungry. But private charity alone cannot prevent hunger; government plays an indispensable role. That is why attacks on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) in the House of Representatives’ Farm Bill are dangerous and unacceptable. When a veteran on a fixed income struggles to put food on the table, when a mother loses a job and needs short-term help providing for her children, or when a fast-food worker’s hours are too inconsistent and wages too low to support a family, SNAP is there to ensure that they don’t go to bed hungry. SNAP is one of our nation’s most effective anti-poverty programs, keeping more than eight million people out of poverty — including nearly four million children. The SNAP cuts and unworkable new job-training and work requirements in the Farm Bill will cut or eliminate two million people’s food assistance. Working families with children in particular will bear the brunt. We call on Congress to reject these harmful and immoral policies that will increase suffering, hunger and poverty. Furthermore, these punitive cuts for seniors, children, working families, people struggling with job loss, and those with disabilities come in the wake of a $1.9 trillion tax cut for large corporations and wealthy shareholders that increases the deficit by $1 trillion over 5 years. Paying for giveaways to the well-connected and wealthy by taking away assistance to those who need it the most is inexcusable. People who participate in SNAP have the same innate human dignity as everyone else. They deserve our respect and support as a society, not our scorn. If Congress turns away from people in poverty, God will turn away from us. Rev. Ann Englert Satellite Beach, FL Rev. Debbie Gibson First Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee, FL

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GodWeepsforHungryFamilies.NoSNAPCuts!

Aspeopleoffaith,webelievethatournationhasasharedmoralresponsibilitytoensurethatnooneintheUnitedStatesgoeshungry.Butprivatecharityalonecannotpreventhunger;governmentplaysanindispensablerole.ThatiswhyattacksontheSupplementalNutritionAssistanceProgram(SNAP,formerlyknownasfoodstamps)intheHouseofRepresentatives’FarmBillaredangerousandunacceptable.

Whenaveteranonafixedincomestrugglestoputfoodonthetable,whenamotherlosesajobandneedsshort-termhelpprovidingforherchildren,orwhenafast-foodworker’shoursaretooinconsistentandwagestoolowtosupportafamily,SNAPistheretoensurethattheydon’tgotobedhungry.

SNAPisoneofournation’smosteffectiveanti-povertyprograms,keepingmorethaneightmillionpeopleoutofpoverty—includingnearlyfourmillionchildren.TheSNAPcutsandunworkablenewjob-trainingandworkrequirementsintheFarmBillwillcutoreliminatetwomillionpeople’sfoodassistance.Workingfamilieswithchildreninparticularwillbearthebrunt.WecallonCongresstorejecttheseharmfulandimmoralpoliciesthatwillincreasesuffering,hungerandpoverty.

Furthermore,thesepunitivecutsforseniors,children,workingfamilies,peoplestrugglingwithjobloss,andthosewithdisabilitiescomeinthewakeofa$1.9trilliontaxcutforlargecorporationsandwealthyshareholdersthatincreasesthedeficitby$1trillionover5years.Payingforgiveawaystothewell-connectedandwealthybytakingawayassistancetothosewhoneeditthemostisinexcusable.

PeoplewhoparticipateinSNAPhavethesameinnatehumandignityaseveryoneelse.Theydeserveourrespectandsupportasasociety,notourscorn.IfCongressturnsawayfrompeopleinpoverty,Godwillturnawayfromus.

Rev.AnnEnglertSatelliteBeach,FLRev.DebbieGibsonFirstPresbyterianChurch,Tallahassee,FLTallahassee,FL

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Rev.DavidHecklerStPaul'sLutheranChurch,Applebachsville&ChristUCC,TrumbauersvillePerkasie,PADeborahTanksley-BrownUMChurchoftheOpenDoorWestChester,PADesireFindlayCoraopolis,PADianeBerlBethlehem,PARev.ElizabethKEllisPhiladelphia,PAMs.ElizabethPerkinsPittsburgh,PAEthanPraterWilkesBarre,PAEvelynHaasPhila,PAFrancesBoyelGwyneddValley,PARev.Dr.GerrittandElizabethBaker-SmithEastStroudsburg,PAMr.HarryandMrs.JillBrownfieldNewport,PARev.J.HowardHowardCherryPittsburgh,PAJamesM.CalderoneDallas,PA

JaniceHornClarion,PAMrs.JanineFawbushMountainTop,PAMr.JohnHarveyLebanon,PADr.JosephGrilliMisericordiaUniversityDallas,PAMs.KSChristianandMissionaryAllianceChurchesNewCastle,PAMs.KarenMiyaresPittsburgh,PAMs.KatalinWeiszUnitarianUniversalistWarrington,PAKathleenWinterPittsburgh,PAKathrynEllisCarlisle,PAKierstenDavisLebanon,PARev.KimTruebenbachGilbertsville,PAMr.LamarWitmerMountvilleMennoniteChurchLancaster,PA

LaVonneAlthouseLititz,PARev.LindaTroutEtters,PALoriMeltonPittsburgh,PAMrs.LouiseKellerMisericordiaScranton,PAMs.MardysLeeperVillanova,PAMarianFrancisMerionStation,PAMarjorieDeAngelisAmbridge,PASisterMaryE.CorbettPhiladelphia,PAMrs.PaigeMayDallas,PAPatriciaBuckleyPittsburgh,PAPeggyLeonhartFactoryville,PARandyOrsoTheInterfaithLGBTIClergyAssociationHawley,PASisterRosemaryDavisIHMCongregationofreligioussistersSpringfield,PA

Rev.SandraMackieGettysburg,PARev.SeanFarryMisericordiaUniversityDallas,PARev.SusanWorrellUMCoftheOpenDoorKennettSquare,PARev.UrbanePeacheyLancaster,PARev.YolandaSBroadFriendsMeetingatIndianaPAIndiana,PAMr.HectorReilloSanJuan,PRRabbiAlexWeissmanProvidence,RIRev.DavidAmesProvidence,RIEbonyGrisomEcumenicalPovertyInitiativeWestWarwick,RISisterMaryPendergastSistersofMercyPawtucket,RISisterPatriciaOtillioSistersofMercyRiverside,RI

DeeBostickPendleton,SCRev.MegWilkesFirstUMCCloverClover,SCRev.RickKlotzLordofLifeLutheranChurchBluffton,SCMs.BelindaRimerMemphis,TNDr.EmilyHolmesUCCMemphis,TNRev.ErinRacineUMCNashville,TNMs.MargeryMayerBrentwood,TNStephenH.CookMemphis,TNTeresaSmallwoodNewCovenantChristianChurchNashville,TNMs.BethanyLamb-MarterMantecaPresbyterianChurchLubbock,TXMr.CarlosSotoSanAntonio,TXCeciliaKendallSpring,TX

DawnHallmanWilshireBaptistDallasGarland,TXMs.DeborahRBratcherLubbock,TXMr.DonNoskaDenton,TXMs.EdnaMolinaSanAntonio,TXIleneDunnAustin,TXJamesFlanaganBastrop,TXJenniferWolffWilshireBaptistChurchDallas,TXMs.KellyEpsteinSpring,TXRev.LarryCrudupProgressiveNationalBaptistRoundRock,TXRev.LeighBenishTemple,TXRev.Dr.NeilGCazares-ThomasCathedralofHopeUnitedChurchofChristDallas,TXMs.NinaWhelessSanAntonio,TX

Rev.ScottNowackNewBraunfelsPresbyterianChurchNewBraunfels,TXMs.CharityMoschopoulosAnnandale,VARev.DavidHindmanUnitedMethodistChurchWilliamsburg,VARabbiEllenJaffe-GillTidewaterChavurahVirginiaBeach,VAMr.GaryMulderOfficeofSocialJustice;ChristianReformedChurchSpringfield,VAMr.IsraelKamakaUURVAHenrico,VAMr.JarlJacksonSecondPresbyterianRichmond,VA

Mr.JasonMillerFranciscanActionNetworkArlington,VAJenniferBlackRichmond,VARev.JessieKearnsCommonwealthBaptistWoodbridge,VA

Rev.JoanMaplesCooperativeBaptistFellowshipMidlothian,VAMr.JohnHorejsiSocialActionLinkingTogether(SALT)Vienna,VAMs.JudithChristoffersonReston,VAMs.KristinListWashingtonCommunityFellowshipArlington,VALindaHigginsRichmond,VAMs.LouisePeriniSpringfield,VAMr.MichaelJohnsonRutherGlen,VAMr.PeterFontneauSpringfield,VAMr.StevenKranowskiShelterAlernativesInc.Blacksburg,VARev.AmandaLape-FreebergOldSouthChurchUCCWindsor,VTDuaneBrownThetfordCenter,VTMs.JudiJoyBethanyCabot,VT

BishopTimothyD.MacLamPilgrimPrayer&HealingMinistriesWhiteRiverJct.,[email protected]’sSeattle,WAAnnLittleLongview,WABeccaNotkinSeattle,WABeverlyHoseaMercerIsland,WABobAlmquistSeattle,WACarolynWaldronRidgefield,WAMs.CeciliaChavezToppenishCommunityChestFoodBankToppenish,WARev.DavidHackerStMichael’sEpiscopalMissionYakima,WARev.DeborahButlerAnacortes,WADennisMarceronSeattle,WARev.EricDonAndersonChristianChurch(DisciplesofChrist)Yakima,WA

IvaGregorySeattle,WAMr.JimDeanInterfaithAssociationEverett,WARev.JohnSteppertLongview,WAJudiEdwardsSeattle,WARev.LouAnnBallewRedmond,WAMedicallyDisabled;ComputerSpecialistMichaeleneManionPortOrchard,WAMs.NancyE.EllinghamPresbyterianMercerIsland,WAMs.PatsyReynoldsSt.Michael'sPantryYakima,WAMr.RobertBrownUnitedChurchinUniversityPlaceFircrest,WAMrs.SusanRingKelso,WAMrs.TeresaBryanMrs.Kelso,WARev.ValynMetropoulosAberdeen,WA

WendyTaylorLacey,WAMrs.CarolHarderGermantown,WIMrs.CathyPetersonStPaultheApostleCatholcChurchCatawba,WIRev.ChristopherRossSaintPeter'sChurchPlymouth,WIDebHowlandWaukesha,WISisterGabrieleUhleinWheatonFranciscansWillard,WIRev.GlennDanzGreenfield,WIRev.KatyaOuchakofMadison,WINancyMarshallKennan,WIFatherT.MichaelMcNultyMidwestJesuitsMilwaukee,WIRev.ToryVTopjianMilwaukeeMetropolitanCommunityChurchMilwaukee,WITTimSolonCheyenne,WY

Rev.TonyaEzaELCAPowell,WY