Prominent National Clergy to Hold Capitol Hill Rally Calling on Lawmakers to Reject House Farm Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2018
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Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202) 735-7123
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Prominent National Clergy to Hold Capitol Hill Rally Calling on Lawmakers to Reject House Farm Bill
VA Representative A. Donald McEachin will join faith leaders’ call to protect SNAP
Washington, D.C. — On Monday, May 7th at 11 a.m., nationally prominent faith leaders will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the Farm Bill that would reduce or eliminate food assistance for 2 million Americans, including low-income working families, children, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities. The House is expected to vote on this legislation in the next two weeks.
Religious leaders will also deliver a moral declaration signed by over 500 people of faith to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office demanding lawmakers do the right thing and reject these immoral policies that will increase suffering, hunger and poverty.
What:
Rally to save SNAP and reject GOP’s House Farm Bill
When:
Monday, May 7th at 11 a.m. EDT
Where:
House Triangle
Capitol’s East Front
United States Capitol, Washington, DC 20016
Who:
Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04)
Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO, Faith in Public Life and Former Chair of the White House Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach; Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival; Architect of the “Moral Mondays” Movement
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Sr. Simone Campbell, SSS Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
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