Tell Congress: Pass a Farm Bill that Restores SNAP Funding!

Catholics join people of faith and goodwill across the U.S. in affirming that healthy, nutritious food is a right for all, not a luxury for a few. Yet, Congressional Republicans made devasting cuts and other harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the 2025 budget law, H.R. 1.  As a result, more than 4 million people, including over 770,000 children,  are no longer able to use SNAP. That means missed meals, empty cupboards, and impossible choices between food, rent, and medicine.  

The Farm Bill presents a timely and critical opportunity for Congress to restore and strengthen SNAP. However, the Senate Agriculture Committee recently released the Agricultural Act of 2026, its version of the Farm Bill, following House passage earlier this year. The bill will serve as the basis for negotiations between the two chambers.  Just like the House version, the Agricultural Act of 2026 misses an opportunity to improve SNAP by failing to reduce the crushing SNAP cuts and program changes. 

America's hunger crisis is deepening.  We urge the Senate to restore critical SNAP funding and pass a bipartisan Farm Bill that works for families and farmers.

Will you join us today in writing to our Senators to restore critical SNAP funding?  

NETWORK has provided a letter that you can edit to make your own. Add a personal story about an experience in your family or community. You can also choose to include one or two points from NETWORK:
  • SNAP participation has declined by 4 million people between the enactment of H.R. in July 2025 and March 2026. This does not mean fewer Americans need help affording food. It is the predictable outcome of a set of deliberate policy choices by the Trump administration and a majority of Republicans in Congress to systematically reduce access to the program, increase administrative burden, and shift costs onto states, localities, and families themselves. People are going hungry.  
  • Access to healthy, nutritious food is essential for life and good health. Kicking people off SNAP is not an indicator of success; it’s an indicator of the moral failure of the wealthiest country on earth – letting its citizens go hungry.
  • Who is hurt by cuts to SNAP? Independent analysis by the  Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that the cuts to SNAP will inflict widespread harm on millions of Americans, particularly children, older adults, parents, veterans, the unhoused, people with disabilities, and working families.

Join us today in writing to your Senators to say NO to hunger and YES to reversing the devastating cuts to SNAP that were included in the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1., by passing a bipartisan Farm Bill to help families and farmers.