House Republicans Slash Nutrition Programs

Reports Surface They Will Try to Slash $40 Billion inSeptember

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) releasedthe following statement today amid reports Republicans in the House ofRepresentatives are readying legislation that would slash $40 billion fromnutrition programs for hungry children and families. DeLauro is a longtimechampion for ensuring the government does not ignore the most vulnerable insociety.

"Republicans in the House of Representatives have abandonedthose who need help getting through tough times. They have doubled down ontheir bad decision and have given in to the extreme right wing, at the expenseof millions of children who could be forced to go to school with emptystomachs. I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, to join me in makingsure this harmful idea never becomes reality."