Washington, D.C., May 26, 2023 – As debt ceiling negotiations continue today and throughout the weekend, Bread for the World President and CEO Rev. Eugene Cho released the following statement:
“Bread for the World reiterates our call for the White House and congressional leaders to come to a bipartisan debt ceiling agreement that does not expand work requirements for SNAP or cut funding for domestic and international nutrition assistance programs.
“Removing people from nutrition programs at a time when food prices in the U.S. remain high and food banks are stretched to their limits would only add to the hardship those families and individuals face.
“Furthermore, cutting funding for international food and nutrition programs while the world is in the midst of a food crisis – with up to 350 million people facing hunger globally – would certainly result in more people succumbing to malnutrition and death.”
“While we believe preventing a default on our federal debt is vital, it should not come at the expense of those who have the least resources.
“’He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.’ (Micah 6:8 NRSV)”
Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers
to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger
