June 18, 2013
[Episcopal Public Policy Network] The House of Representatives will vote this week on a farm bill (HR 1947) that would dictate funding for food, farm, and nutrition programs over the next five years.
The farm bill affects people from rural America to our inner cities, people in our local communities and vulnerable populations around the world. A responsible, effective farm bill can strengthen nutrition programs for low-income Americans, encourage economic growth in...
June 14, 2013
- [Episcopal Public Policy Network] To fight domestic child sex trafficking is to recognize “the spark of divinity that is in every person,” Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi announced as she signed the “Our Daughters are Not for Sale Proclamation” and denounced the scourge of buying and selling American children for sex and labor. Leader Pelosi was joined by Republican and Democratic women of Congress and young American survivors of sex slavery to demand an...