"On behalf of the undersigned national faith-based organizations working to reduce poverty and support those experiencing food insecurity, we write to share our concern about the announced
termination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Household Food Security Reports.
For 30 years, under both Democratic and Republican administrations — including the first
Trump administration — these reports have provided the trusted, objective, nonpartisan data
necessary for the faith community, advocates, and policymakers alike to tackle the growing
moral crisis of hunger in America."

"Bearing witness to how having a safe place to call home transforms lives, we urge you to include language in the next continuing resolution or appropriations bill requiring HUD to renew all existing Continuum of Care grants expiring during calendar year 2026 for one 12-month period..."

"Passage of The ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 in the final conferenced NDAA would help ensure many of our nation’s pressing housing needs are addressed swiftly by commonsense bipartisan reforms... We should not hesitate to serve our nation’s disabled veterans and others experiencing homelessness, enable long-overdue zoning updates, and expedite community recovery from disasters. With the average age of first-time homebuyers at a record-high of 38, we should act now to increase access to home ownership for veterans, military families, and Americans."

"This proposed amendment, submitted by Senator Tim Scott, would advance the “ROAD to Housing Act of 2025” (S. 2651), which helps military families, veterans, and other Americans access affordable housing. It does so by expanding and preserving housing supply, reducing regulatory barriers, modernizing financing options, promoting economic mobility, and enhancing program oversight and coordination."

"Our belief in the intrinsic worth of both work and workers leads us to strongly support H.R. 2550, which would overturn Executive Order 'Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs.' This Executive Order infringes upon workers’ rights to collectively bargain, and to free speech... The Protect America’s Workforce Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation which would reverse this Executive Order, and reinstate the collective bargaining agreements of those impacted by this order."

"We bear witness to how having a safe place to call home transforms lives. We consequently raise our related budgetary concerns and hopes to your attention..."

"We are urgently concerned about the Senate reconciliation bill version, both in terms of process and substance. We are not naïve about how Washington works with the normal tradeoffs that occur to secure passage of a bill. What is distressing, however, is how opaque and ever-changing this bill has been up to this week’s vote, lacking normal public discourse and examination that allows for full discernment on the impacts of the bill. Justice requires deliberation to fully understand the ramifications of important legislation. Worst, the final Senate budget reconciliation bill betrays the trust of the American people by abandoning the communities we are called to prioritize by faith."

"Our ministries cannot solve our affordablehousing, homelessness, and intergenerational poverty crises alone. Thank you for your servant-leadership to ensure the federal government supports our nation’s communities in collectively meeting our present “all-hands-on-deck” crises. We appreciate your consideration of our faith-based roles and perspectives in this work. We hope you’ll join us in proclaiming, “Yes in God’s Backyard!” to these initiatives."

"The interfaith community holds a shared belief affirming every person is made in God’s image and deserves to thrive, not just survive. Our sacred texts call us to love our neighbors and accompany the vulnerable. Our federal government should reflect these sacred ideals and support the common good. The House Budget Reconciliation bill fails to reflect love and compassion and
instead harms those we are called by faith to serve. We urge each Member of the House to VOTE NO on this bill."

"...we write to express our deep dismay over the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent decisions to cut critical nutrition programs that distribute food from American farmers to hungry families across the country. Over the last month, funding has been cut to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and farm-to-school programs like the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) have been terminated. We urge you to reverse these actions immediately."