Urgent! Contact your Senators. 1.4 million Puerto Ricans losing food assistance #TakeAction4PR

When you have your breakfast, lunch or dinner today — count your blessings. Unless we mobilize and apply pressure on the U.S. Senate, far too many of our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico will soon be looking at empty plates and pantries.

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Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweeted this on Friday:

Unless Congress acts, Puerto Ricans are at risk of losing their nutrition assistance.The aftermath of Hurricane Maria is still haunting Puerto Rico.We must act on emergency funding for Puerto Rico's food stamp program before it runs out. #TakeAction4PR#FoodFri

Trump to Puerto Ricans: Go Hungry

The clock ticks for Puerto Rico’s poor since the Trump administration has announced it won’t support supplemental funding for the storm-ravaged island’s food stamps program.

Emergency food aid for an estimated 1.4 million Puerto Ricans will dry up at the start of March if a $600 million appropriation isn’t approved by Congress and the White House. Without the additional funding, about 1.3 million U.S. citizens will face a steep drop in food assistance. Roughly 100,000 will be kicked off program entirely, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).

Attempts by congressional Democrats to secure the emergency funding have been blocked by a White House hell bent on building a border wall. The compromise spending bill signed by Trump last week will keep the government open, but does not include any disaster aid for Puerto Rico.

The House has already approved the funding. The fate of Puerto Ricans now lies with the Senate.

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Don't forget to take action and RT! QUICK ACTION NEEDED! Unless Congress acts immediately, 1.4 million Puerto Ricans are at risk of losing their nutrition assistance. Call your Senators NOW and tell them to pass funding for NAP! 1-844-636-3478 #TakeAction4PR#FoodFripic.twitter.com/9YI5EnnG5l

The aftermath of #HurricaneMaria still haunts Puerto Rico, yet unlike their fellow Americans, thousands of Puerto Ricans will lose food assistance if funding for NAP is not provided by the end of March. We have written to Congressional leaders urging Congress to #TakeAction4PR. pic.twitter.com/GIx9LmDsMn