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Tell our VA Senators to Reject SNAP Cuts!

June 11, 2025
By: Saalam Bhatti

“Did you know that nearly 35,000 of our neighbors in Henrico County rely on SNAP to put food on the table and that 263 grocery and convenience stores throughout the county accept SNAP benefits? Both groups and so many others will be impacted if the House’s Budget Bill passes the Senate.” Learn more in this post by our own neighbor, Salaam Bhatti, who advocates to protect basic needs nationally and on his blog.

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  • Democratic Senators need to hear from people who support not compromising on SNAP. Call Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner now using the script provided in his post.

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“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

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