WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, aplaudi\u00f3 hoy la decisi\u00f3n del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) de extender las exenciones de comidas escolares hasta el final del a\u00f1o escolar 2020-2021. El anuncio sigue a una campa\u00f1a de presi\u00f3n de Merkley y sus colegas, que incluy\u00f3 m\u00faltiples cartas al USDA, instando al departamento a brindar a las escuelas la flexibilidad que necesitan para atender completamente a los estudiantes, ya sea que asistan a la escuela en persona o no.<\/p>\n
La noticia llega cuando algunos de los distritos escolares m\u00e1s grandes de Oreg\u00f3n anunciaron que continuar\u00e1n con la instrucci\u00f3n solo en l\u00ednea a tiempo completo hasta al menos febrero. A partir de ahora, esos distritos escolares incluyen las Escuelas P\u00fablicas de Portland, el Distrito Escolar de Salem-Keizer y el Distrito Escolar de Beaverton.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cEn el pa\u00eds m\u00e1s rico del mundo, todos los ni\u00f1os deber\u00edan irse a la cama cada noche con la barriga llena\u201d. dijo Merkley, quien se desempe\u00f1a como el principal dem\u00f3crata en el subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado que financia el USDA<\/b>. \u201cPero incluso antes de que llegara el coronavirus, mantener la comida en la mesa y en las loncheras de los ni\u00f1os era una lucha diaria para cientos de miles de habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n y millones de estadounidenses. Me alivia que el USDA finalmente haya accedido a dar este paso para ayudar a las comunidades a alimentar a nuestros ni\u00f1os en edad escolar durante este tiempo turbulento, pero queda mucho por hacer en nuestra lucha para acabar con el hambre en los Estados Unidos, y seguir\u00e9 haciendo todo lo que pueda. para verlo a trav\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Adem\u00e1s de instar al USDA a extender las exenciones, Merkley ha tomado una serie de medidas para mantener un ritmo constante sobre la necesidad de brindar asistencia nutricional a los millones de estadounidenses, incluidos m\u00e1s de 500,000 habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n, de los cuales casi 200,000 son ni\u00f1os, que experimentan alimentos inseguridad. A principios de este a\u00f1o, Merkley pidi\u00f3 en\u00e9rgicamente el fortalecimiento de los beneficios del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP)<\/a>, tambi\u00e9n conocido como cupones de alimentos, y asegur\u00f3 con \u00e9xito un requisito para que el USDA una vez m\u00e1s brinde beneficios de verano a los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s del programa de Transferencia Electr\u00f3nica de Beneficios (EBT) de SNAP<\/a>. El programa EBT proporciona comidas de verano para ni\u00f1os y la administraci\u00f3n Trump lo elimin\u00f3 previamente, sin justificaci\u00f3n, en 2019.<\/p>\n
Adem\u00e1s, Merkley ha trabajado para ayudar a las familias vulnerables a limitar su exposici\u00f3n al virus liderando a un grupo de legisladores en Pidiendo a Amazon y Walmart que renuncien a las tarifas de env\u00edo y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido.<\/a> para estadounidenses que reciben apoyo del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP). En mayo, Merkley tambi\u00e9n se asoci\u00f3 con sus colegas para pedirle al USDA que trabaje de inmediato para garantizar que los beneficiarios de SNAP puedan utilizar la entrega de alimentos a domicilio y las opciones de recogida en la acera<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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