Capitol Hill Press Conference: Religious Leaders Press for Farm Bill Reform

Friday, July 13, 2007

(Washington, D.C.) As the House Agriculture Committee prepares to mark up the 2007 Farm Bill, prominent religious leaders will gather on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to call for reform that reflects American values of fairness and equal opportunity.

Leaders of Christian denominations and major religious advocacy organizations will call not only on members of the Agriculture Committee, but also Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders in Congress, to ensure that a reform-minded bill reaches the House floor.

Speakers at the Capitol Hill press conference will emphasize the need for reform that reduces commodity payments for the wealthiest beneficiaries that hurt small farmers here and abroad and increases investment in nutrition programs, rural development, and conservation.

WHO: David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
Bishop John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, DC
Bishop Theodore F. Schneider, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Bishop of Metropolitan of Washington, DC
Rev. Dr. Earl Trent Jr., Progressive National Baptist Convention
Sister Simone Campbell, Director, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby

WHERE: Longworth House Office Building, Room 1334

WHEN: Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at 9:15 AM

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