Give Voice for Hungry People

The Farm Bill

Thursday evening, July 28,, the Senate passed a bipartisan farm bill that protects the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and strengthens The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). The bill passed with the support of all of our Kansas and Missouri Senators. 

This is an opportunity to thank your Senators for their votes in support of those in need. You may call or email your message. If you call, please use Feeding America's toll-free line at 888.398.8702 and type in your zip code to be connected to your Senator's office. If you email, we suggest doing so through your Senator's website. 

Here are messages to share with Kansas Senator and Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, who made a key motion on Thursday to table several harmful SNAP amendments. His leadership to create and pass a bipartisan farm bill that protects SNAP and TEFAP is greatly appreciated.

• As a constituent, I want to thank Senator Roberts for his development of a bipartisan farm bill that protects SNAP and increases funding for TEFAP, providing an important safety net for our farmers and our families.
• In particular, I want to thank the Senator for his motion to table the harmful SNAP amendments that would have taken food assistance away from millions of food insecure families, children, seniors and veterans.
• As the House and Senate now turn to negotiating a final version of the farm bill in conference, we urge Senator Roberts to continue standing up for Kansans by working with his colleagues to ensure that the final version of the bill protects SNAP and invests in TEFAP.

Here are messages for Kansas Senator Jerry Moran and Missouri Senators Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, who all rejected the harmful SNAP amendments and voted in favor of the bipartisan farm bill.

• Thank you for voting to support a bipartisan farm bill that protects SNAP and increases funding for TEFAP.
• Your support of Senator Roberts' motion to table the harmful SNAP amendments is especially appreciated.
• Food assistance programs like SNAP and TEFAP let all people participate in their local economies and makes our communities stronger. Thank you for your support for a strong farm bill that invests in food assistance and provides a safety net for our local farmers and families.
• As the House and Senate now turn to negotiating a final version of the farm bill in conference, we urge [SENATOR] to continue standing up for [STATERS] by working with [HIS/HER] colleagues to ensure that the final version also protects SNAP and invests in TEFAP.

And thanks to all of our advocates for helping to protect food assistance for millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table. Our work is not yet done, but today we celebrate!
 

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