{"id":3435,"date":"2020-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senators-push-to-strengthen-food-assistance-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:46","slug":"senators-push-to-strengthen-food-assistance-amid-coronavirus-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senators-push-to-strengthen-food-assistance-amid-coronavirus-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Senadores presionan para fortalecer la asistencia alimentaria en medio de la crisis del coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, lider\u00f3 la semana pasada un grupo de 22 legisladores, incluido el senador Ron Wyden, para instar a los l\u00edderes del Senado a apoyar y fortalecer SNAP, o cupones de alimentos, para ayudar a garantizar que las familias de todo Estados Unidos puedan tener alimentos en sus mesas. a pesar de las crecientes consecuencias econ\u00f3micas de la pandemia de coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cSNAP es la primera l\u00ednea de defensa de la naci\u00f3n contra el hambre y se ha demostrado que ayuda a sacar de la pobreza a millones de familias y ni\u00f1os estadounidenses\u201d, escribieron los senadores. \u201cLa \u00faltima estimaci\u00f3n de la Oficina del Censo encontr\u00f3 que SNAP sac\u00f3 a 3,4 millones de personas de la pobreza en 2018, incluidos 1,5 millones de ni\u00f1os. Dada la interrupci\u00f3n sin precedentes de la econom\u00eda, los ingresos y el empleo con m\u00e1s de 17 millones de estadounidenses que presentan reclamos de beneficios por desempleo, un SNAP ampliado y fortalecido puede servir como un amortiguador para las familias que ahora est\u00e1n en riesgo de inseguridad alimentaria y luchan para llegar a fin de mes durante esta crisis nacional de salud\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPodemos evitar el riesgo de pobreza e inseguridad alimentaria entre las familias y los ni\u00f1os estadounidenses al tiempo que mejoramos nuestras posibilidades de recuperaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica al invertir en SNAP\u201d, continuaron los senadores.<\/p>\n

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Espec\u00edficamente, los senadores solicitaron que se incluyan las siguientes disposiciones en la pr\u00f3xima legislaci\u00f3n de alivio del coronavirus:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aumentar el beneficio m\u00e1ximo de SNAP para todos los beneficiarios aumentando el plan de alimentos econ\u00f3micos en al menos un 15 por ciento para todos los hogares, lo que equivale a otro $25 por persona por mes, o un poco menos de $100 por mes en asistencia alimentaria para una familia de cuatro .<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Aumentar el beneficio m\u00ednimo mensual de SNAP de $16 a $30 para todos los hogares. Esto contribuir\u00e1 en gran medida a ayudar a los estadounidenses mayores, las personas solteras y los hogares familiares a mantener la comida en la mesa.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Suspender las reglas da\u00f1inas propuestas por el USDA que debilitar\u00edan la elegibilidad y los beneficios de SNAP en un momento en que los estadounidenses necesitan asistencia de SNAP.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Proporcionar opciones e inversiones adicionales para apoyar la entrega para los participantes de SNAP.<\/p>\n

Como el principal dem\u00f3crata en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones del Senado que supervisa la financiaci\u00f3n del Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU., que administra el programa SNAP, la Senadora Merkley ha sido una constante defensora de la financiaci\u00f3n del programa que apoya a muchas de las familias estadounidenses. A principios de este mes, los senadores Merkley y Wyden se unieron para instar a Amazon y Walmart a renunciar a las tarifas de entrega y los requisitos m\u00ednimos de pedido para los beneficiarios de SNAP, en un esfuerzo por ayudar a las familias vulnerables a pagar los servicios de entrega de comestibles, lo que puede ayudar a limitar la exposici\u00f3n al virus.<\/p>\n

A los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n se unieron para enviar la carta los senadores Chris Murphy (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI) , Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Robert Casey (D-PA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) y Martin Heinrich (D-NM).<\/p>\n

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