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Congressional food stamp letter sent to Vilsack

A total of 98 members of Congress —16 senators and 74 House members sent Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack a letter Tuesday urging him to delay implementation of the farm bill provision requiring the states to make a payment of as least $20 per year under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program in order to trigger a higher food stamp benefit.

All the signers came from the 15 states that implement a LIHEAP policy — California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin — but not all senators and members from those states signed the letter.


Signatures on food stamps letter


SENATE
  • Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.
  • Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
  • Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
  • Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
  • Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa.
  • Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
  • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
  • Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass.
  • Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.
  • Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.
  • Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn.
  • Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
  • Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
  • Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
HOUSE
  • Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Tim Bishop, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Matthew Cartwright, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif.
  • Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I.
  • Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
  • Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn.
  • Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.
  • Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash.
  • Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn.
  • Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.
  • Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. James Himes, D-Conn.
  • Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J.
  • Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. William Keating, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.
  • Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Mich.
  • Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash.
  • Rep. John Kline, R-Minn.
  • Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H.
  • Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
  • Rep. John Larson, D-Conn.
  • Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich
  • Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Dan Maffei, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Sean P. Maloney, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash.
  • Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis.
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J.
  • Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.
  • Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc.
  • Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Linda T. Sánchez, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa.
  • Rep. José Serrano, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H.
  • Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J.
  • Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.
  • Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif.
  • Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt.