Delta Grassroots Caucus Events

Credit Michael Hibblen/ KUAR News, Arkansas Public Radio; Former President Bill Clinton speaking to the Delta Grassroots Caucus on May 2, 2013, at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock

U. S. Senator John Boozman, Arkansas, at a Delta Grassroots Caucus meeting at the US Capitol

Brad Cole, Executive Director of the Municipal League of Illinois; previously a senior aide to former Republican US Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, earlier Mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, veteran Delta regional advocate, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

President Bill Clinton makes a comment to Delta Caucus Director Lee Powell at a meeting in Blytheville, Arkansas (in the northeast Arkansas Delta) on Nov. 2, 2014

The Delta Caucus would like to pay tribute to the late, great U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, a powerful force in the US Senate for decades and a champion for the Delta. Sen. Cochran passed away on May 30, 2019. He spoke to the Delta Caucus on many occasions over the years (he is pictured above speaking to a Caucus event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC) and his thoughtful, courteous and bipartisan leadership will be sorely missed.

Marcie Lawson, Executive Director, Sikeston, Missouri Regional Chamber and Area Economic Development Corporation, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Alan Gumbel, Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, Memphis, Tennessee, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Mayor Shirley Washington of Pine Bluff, AR, speaking to the Delta Caucus at the Arkansas Capitol Rotunda in 2017.

Please Urge Your US House and Senate Members to Reject Cuts to the SNAP Program

Posted on June 07, 2024 at 12:17 PM

Last month the House Agriculture Committee advanced a Farm Bill proposal that would, according to the Congressional Budget Office, cut $30 billion in SNAP funding.

The Delta Grassroots Caucus totally opposes this proposal, which would take away vital nutrition assistance from tens of millions of food insecure children, working people, veterans, people with disabilities, and older Americans.

Markets for farmers: The SNAP program also provides markets for our farmers who make the Greater Delta Region states some of the greatest agricultural producers in the world.

Constructive economic impact: Moreover, while it is primarily of course the largest hunger safety net, it does help the economy because for every dollar spent by SNAP it generates over $1.50 in economic activity.

We recently had a Zoom meeting with 40 nonprofit executives, local elected officials, community minded-business leaders, and universities and colleges in the Delta and there was a strong consensus in favor of preserving SNAP funding.​

The Senate version does not have these large cuts and is far superior to the House version.

Please contact your Senate and especially your House members and urge them to preserve SNAP funding. This is one of the fundamental programs for health and the economy in our region and nation.

Please reject any Farm Bill that cuts SNAP funding! Thank you. Lee Powell, Delta Caucus (202) 360-6347