No Cuts to SNAP, WIC, Head Start, or Public Education!

I am your constituent and I understand that House Republicans proposed a Continuing Resolution that calls for 8% cuts to the entire federal budget, except for defense spending. They want to cut SNAP (food stamps), Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition support for low income families, Head Start, and Public Education. As if that weren’t enough, there are critical medical programs that will stop. These include funding community health centers that provide healthcare to 30 million Americans, Disproportionate Share Hospital payments to help offset the uncompensated services provided to the uninsured, PEPFAR (HIV/AIDS support world wide), and Opioid Funding to help with the addiction crisis in our country. That’s outrageous. Republicans and Democrats made an agreement on spending levels back in May. They need to abide by that agreement and pass a budget now. Leave our programs alone, no cuts.