For the first time in decades, this year Utah is having an election for a district in the United States House of Representatives in which the Democratic candidate is favored to win. Since both or our food pantries, and our thrift store, are located in this new congressional district we have decided to reach out to all six of the candidates running to be the Democratic candidate in the general election in November with three questions:
- The minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hours since 2009. Do you support legislation to raise the federal minimum wage?
- The "Big, Beautiful, Bill" championed by President Trump made many negative changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). Would you support legislation to repeal these negative changes to vital healthcare and nutrition programs?
- During the past year HUD has proposed major, controversial, changes to programs that help fund homeless services in the United States. Congress has taken action to block some of HUD's proposals. If elected, would you work to protect funding for homeless services from proposals that would make it harder to reduce homelessness?
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