On Monday, July 10th, 2023, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture, welcomed the House Democratic Task Force on Nutrition and Agriculture Members, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02), for a round table focused on nutrition in the Farm Bill.
Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) are building upon their work to combat food insecurity by introducing the Overcoming Higher Education Hunger Through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (OHH SNAP) Act.
To mark the start of summer, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) re-introduced the Stop Child Hunger Act to provide families who have children eligible for free and reduced-price school meals with an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card when school is not in session.
As the country approaches the one-year anniversary of the disastrous overturning of Roe V. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court decision, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), member of the House Pro-choice Caucus, signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act.
This National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Deputy Whip on the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, signed three discharge petitions to force a vote on common sense gun violence prevention measures – the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, Enhanced Background Checks Act, and the Assault Weapons Ban.
On June 15, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator, David Cash, and state officials to announce the award of 25 zero-emission school buses to DATTCO Inc. to provide school transportation services for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS)
This week, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), along with her colleagues Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) and Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13), introduced the Food Access and Stability Act, a new bill that would make permanent the Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit expansion that recently passed in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.
On Friday, June 9th, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led a round table discussion hosted by Connecticut Foodshare and End Hunger Connecticut! at Central Connecticut State University where they heard from community members, advocates and stakeholders on the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and advocated for robust funding in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill legislation.
On June 9, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) announced their Social Security 2100 Act to strengthen Social Security’s solvency and expand benefits.
The Board of Parks/Recreation will be holding a public input meeting on June 20th 2023 at 6pm in Veterans Memorial Hall for naming the new park located at 313 Mill St. The authority for naming all Parks/Recreation areas owned, operated, controlled, or governed by the City of Waterbury rests with its Board of Alderman, and Board of Parks/Recreation.
On June 6, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other members of the Connecticut delegation to announce $8,800,000 in federal funding to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in Connecticut while advancing environmental justice.
On May 25, amid threats to weaken federal nutrition programs, Ranking Member of the Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Subcommittee, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led the re-introduction of the Feed Hungry Veterans Act to eliminate undue barriers faced by veterans with disabilities in accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
On May 16, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led the introduction of the Social Determinants for Moms Act to make key investments to address the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes and build healthier communities.
On May 16, Ranking Member of the Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Subcommittee, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) released the following statement after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said work requirements for public assistance programs like Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) are nonnegotiable in debt ceiling talks, laying out one of his “red lines” ahead of negotiations with President Biden: