Central Texas Food Bank

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AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL CALL ALERT

Please call conference committee members from Texas, Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock; Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston; and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, and urge them to pass the Senate version of the Agriculture Appropriations bill to help hungry Texans.

BACKGROUND

Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are meeting this week in a conference committee to come to an agreement on how agriculture-related programs, including nutrition programs such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are going to be funded in the next fiscal year (via the “Agriculture Appropriations” bill).

The House-passed version of the bill contained deep cuts to TEFAP and WIC. The Senate-passed version did not.

CALL TO ACTION:

To find your elected officials, please enter your ZIP Code. If you live in a split district, you may need to enter your full address.
 
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INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Call Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock at (202) 225-3864, Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston at (202) 225-2571, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at (202) 224-5922.
  2. Ask for the staff member working on the Agriculture Appropriations bill.  If you cannot reach that person, leave a message with the person who answers the phone.
  3. Provide your name, city, and state.
  4. Explain that as a concerned citizen, you care about families risk of hunger in your community and country. While private charity plays an important role, the Capital Area Food Bank is already stretched thin meeting current levels of demand and they cannot fill the gaps if funding for nutrition programs are cut.
  5. Ask them to pass the SENATE version of the Agriculture Appropriations bill and thank them for their time.

LOG YOUR CALL ONLINE:

Find the elected offical using the address form above. Because this is call is to Texas conference committee members, you may call representatives who may not be in your zip code.

  • To log a call for Rep. John Carter, type in 76502 in the ZIP Code field.
  • To log a call for Rep. John Culberson, type 77027 in the ZIP Code field.
  • To log a call for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, any Texas ZIP Code will work.

Click the link to log your call for the elected official and follow the instructions.