$1 = 4 Meals

"All Ohioans, including the millions who receive coverage through employers, depend on a stable, balanced health insurance market - the one built by the Affordable Care Act that protects individuals when illness strikes and prevents middle-income families from falling into medical bankruptcy. None of us should want to return to a time when one diagnosis or job loss could throw a family into poverty."

"Ohio's charitable hunger relief network is committed to feeding the hungry in our community. But if Ohio families lose SNAP benefits, we won't be able to make up the difference. Members of Ohio's congressional delegation should protect SNAP and other povety-reduction programs in the federal budget."

"If federal budget cutbacks go into effect, poor children, seniors and adults can add hunger pangs to their list of woes. State and federal elected officials ought to be scrambling to change this grim picture. Food assistance is the right thing to do for people but also because hunger can drive up health costs and reduce academic achievement."