Speak up for our military!

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Nearly 1.5 million households with a veteran received food-stamp benefits in 2011.

Sadly, this also includes far too many members of the military who are on active duty. In that same year, over $100 million in food aid was used on military bases.

Those are shocking statistics, aren't they?

What's more galling is that the Senate Agriculture Committee just approved a bill that includes a $4.1 billion reduction in the food stamp program, and the legislation comes to a vote before the full Senate next week.

Thankfully, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has stepped up to offer an amendment to stop these cuts and pay for them by cutting subsidies to insurance companies, many of which are based overseas.

Ahead of the vote, please sign our note to Senator Gillibrand letting her know that we stand with her in this fight.

http://action.votevets.org/food-stamp

Going through the list of those who voted for the bill in committee, it's no shock to see several Senators who always seem ready to rush our military into new wars overseas, but fail to act as expeditiously when it comes to taking care of them at home.

We have to stop them in this fight.

Jon Soltz
@jonsoltz
Iraq War Veteran
Chairman, VoteVets