50,000 people across the United States have signed a new RuralOrganizing petition, launched in partnership with MoveOn, calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Secretary Brooke Rollins to ensure that vital food assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), remain fully operational during the ongoing government shutdown.
The following is a statement from Matt Hildreth, Executive Director of Rural Organizing:
It is shocking and despicable that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are holding food assistance for 42 million Americans hostage to force through their budget. They’re...
50,000 people across the United States have signed a new RuralOrganizing petition, launched in partnership with MoveOn, calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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