Scarlett Johansson fights to save free school lunches, in which he trusted when he was a child

Black Widow is not afraid of a fight.

Scarlett Johansson He has signed an open letter that asks the Congress to reject the cuts to the supplementary and medical nutritional assistance program in President Donald Trump’s called a great beautiful bill.

“The high costs of the highs of supermarkets mean that food is beyond the reach of many families, and many of our neighbors simply do not have enough to eat.” The open letter written by Feeding America says. “They don’t know where their next meal comes from or if that food will be enough to nurture and hold them.”

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The letter indicates that “approximately 15.5 million children and 7.2 million older people depend on programs” such as Snap and Medicaid simply “to reach the end of the month.”

“Congress is now considering a bill that would make some of the largest cuts for Snap and Medicaid in the history of the USA., Taking 9.5 billion meals a year through the table and pushing hundreds of thousands of people outside of Medicaid and in food insecurity,” says the letter. “This is unacceptable and incorrect. It is not how people in this country are treated each other when they face difficult times.”

If the children of low -income families lose access to SNAP, they will also lose their automatic registration in free meals at school, the group of liberal experts of liberal toquía. Budget reports and policy priorities.

Although Johansson is one of the more than 30 celebrities, including Matt Damon, Sheryl Crow and Don Johnson, who signed the letter published on the Feeding America site on Wednesday, the firm of the star of the “World Renaissance” is important.

In 2023, Johansson wrote an essay for the food of America In which he said that he depended on free meals at school when he was a child, and that he has a “tremendous gratitude for those meals.”

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“My family trusted public assistance, and the meals that I ate at school were part of the free school lunch program, which offers free breakfast and lunch to students from low -income families,” Johansson wrote. “With those meals, my brother and I had food and energy to spend our learning and game day, and do all the things that healthy children can do.”

“I can only imagine the relief my parents felt, knowing my brothers and I had access to meals at school,” he continued. “Every day, parents are there for their children, to celebrate their successes and support them on their trips, and no father should worry where the next meal of their children will come.”

“I believe in a world where children have food in their plates and stomachs full,” he concluded. “Where children thrive and grow and do incredible things, with food to feed every moment of laughter, discovery and success.”

The only Big Beautiful bill, which is also a tax reduction package for the rich, is currently in the Senate, but probably not for long.

Most John Thune leader (RS.D.) You want a vote on the current version of the bill this week To satisfy Trump’s desire to have him on his desk to sign before July 4. If the Senate is approved this week, it will be sent back to the camera for final approval so that Trump can sign it.