Summary

<p>The House recently passed its version of the Farm Bill, and the Senate may debate theirs soon. Unfortunately, both versions do nothing to restore food assistance to the 20,000 Nebraskans who have already lost their food assistance since H.R.1 (or the&rdquo;One Big Beautiful Bill Act&rdquo;) passed last year. H.R.1 made unprecedented changes to SNAP - changing how SNAP is funded, cutting $187 billion and stripping away eligibility from many.</p> <p>Instead of ignoring these harmful changes that are now reality for Nebraskans, we need a Farm Bill that:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Delays or ends new, harmful SNAP costs that states now have to pay or risk being forced to end SNAP<br /><br /></li> <li>Includes the RESTORE Act which would end Nebraska&rsquo;s lifetime ban for people with certain drug related felony convictions.<br /><br /></li> <li>Keeps vital case work functions in the hands of trained civil servants, not less trained, and more prone to error private contractors.<br /><br /></li> <li>Restores eligibility for our lawfully present refugee and asylee neighbors who still need food support<br /><br /></li> <li>Ends the new and harmful work requirements for those experiencing homelessness, veterans and young people aging out of foster care added in H.R.1</li> </ul> <p>We need a Farm Bill that matches Nebraska&rsquo;s values &ndash; a Farm Bill that gets food to the people who need it and restores the loss in SNAP assistance for thousands of Nebraskans recently cut off. Call or edit the email template to the right and tell&nbsp;Senator Fischer and Senator Ricketts to not advance any version of the Farm Bill that doesn&rsquo;t strengthen SNAP!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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