Urgent Action Alert: Oppose House Reconciliation Budget Proposal

Oppose Devastating Cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and Clean Energy 

Tell Congress: Vote NO on the House Agriculture Committee’s Budget Reconciliation Proposal

As members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we are called by Christ to care for the most vulnerable among us. From the Hebrew prophets to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Scripture consistently commands us to feed the hungry, protect the poor, and uphold justice for those on the margins. This moral imperative is central to our Reformed tradition and is affirmed in PC’s (USA) social witness policy, which urges the church to support systems that nurture human dignity and economic fairness.

Right now, Congress is considering a budget reconciliation package that deeply contradicts these values. The House Agriculture Committee’s proposal includes historic cuts to federal food and healthcare programs, totaling nearly $1 trillion in reductions over ten years. If passed, this bill would:

  • Slash $296 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the largest cut in the program’s history,

  • Eliminate the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which protects families and seniors from extreme weather,

  • Impose new barriers that would deny food assistance to older adults aged 54–64,

  • Shift significant costs and administrative burdens to already under-resourced state governments,

  • End federal support for states that offer healthcare to immigrants with legal standing in the United States—and remove federal eligibility for food and health programs for these individuals.

  • Expand oil and gas drilling while eliminating investments in clean energy, threatening public lands and environmental justice.

These changes will harm children, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, low-wage workers, and immigrants—those already struggling to make ends meet.

Our faith compels us to resist this injustice. The PC(USA) affirms that access to food, healthcare, and essential services is a human right and a reflection of God’s justice and compassion. In our 1997 policy, A Call to Restore the Public Purpose of Welfare, we affirmed that balancing the budget through cuts to critical social programs, while preserving tax breaks for the wealthy, is morally indefensible.

As Isaiah proclaimed:

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to lose the bonds of injustice… to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house?” (Isaiah 58:6-7)

Now is the time for Presbyterians to raise their voices to defend our neighbors.

Contact your Representative and urge them to vote no on the House Agriculture Committee’s Budget Reconciliation Proposal.

Tell Congress Today: We will not stand silent while the most vulnerable among us are made to bear the burden of budget cuts.

Let us act in faith and solidarity, remembering Jesus’ words:

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)

Mark Bennett