Entertainment industry members on SNAP and Medicaid cuts: 'Unacceptable and wrong'

Members of the entertainment industry are coming together to stand up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid - critical programs that help millions of our neighbors across the country thrive.

Dear Members of Congress, 

We all have powerful memories of sharing meals with friends, with family and even with strangers in moments of celebration, grief or everything in between. Food is a beautiful way humans show care, compassion and love to those around us. It’s a fundamental part of the human experience and a basic right we all deserve. 

Ongoing high grocery costs mean food is out of reach for so many families, and many of our neighbors simply do not have enough to eat. They don’t know where their next meal is coming from or if that meal will be enough to nourish and sustain them.

Millions of people in this country, including an estimated 15.5 million children and 7.2 million seniors, rely on programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid to make ends meet. These programs make it possible for them to live more healthily and with dignity, in turn helping communities across America to thrive. 

Congress is now considering a bill that would make some of the largest cuts to SNAP and Medicaid in U.S. history – taking over 9 billions of meals a year through SNAP off the table and pushing hundreds of thousands of people off Medicaid and into food insecurity.

This is unacceptable and wrong. It is not how people in this country treat each other when facing hard times.

We call on Congress to reject cuts to these vital programs that help millions put food on their tables and provide access to health care.

The following have signed this open letter to Congress:

Adina Porter
Alan Cumming
Bianca Lawson
Chrishell Stause
Connie Britton
Dan Bucatinsky
Danai Gurira
Danielle Brooks
Daniella Pineda
David Arquette
Don Johnson
Karen Pittman
Kelvin Beachum
Kristin Chenoweth
Lana Parrilla
Liev Schreiber
Liza Colón-Zayas
Matt Damon
Michael Chiklis
Michelle Williams
Minka Kelly
Nancy Travis
Paul Scheer
Ron Pope
Rosario Dawson
Ryan Eggold
Samantha Harris
Scarlett Johansson
Sheryl Crow
Zayn Malik
Zoey Deutch