Protect our access to healthy food!

I write to you as a constituent who is alarmed by the proposed budget bill and how it will negatively impact me and my neighbors. In addition to hundreds of billions in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the budget reconciliation bill in the Senate will reduce access to food in rural and urban communities, reduce market opportunities for farmers, fail to address climate impacts like natural disasters, and decrease the possibility of passing a new farm bill almost two years after the 2018 Farm Bill has expired. And to add insult to injury, the proposed budget bill takes tax dollars from regular people like me to give tax breaks to the richest in our country. In particular, this bill would weaken health, emergency and infrastructure services in our rural areas. Our farmers deserve a strong farm bill and fair legislation that enables them to thrive, and all of our community members deserve access to nutritious food. I urge you to act in the interest of ALL American farmers and families and vote NO on the package as a whole, so we can avoid its harmful impact in communities across our state. The people of our state are counting on you. Thank you for fighting for US, not just the wealthy!