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Moms Need More Welfare Assistance

Daily News-Record - 5/12/2017

Mother's Day is when we celebrate the efforts of moms everywhere to deliver on the promise they make to us when we're born: to nurture and protect us so we can reach our full potential.

But no matter how hard some moms try, they don't have the know-how or resources to ensure their babies get the nutrition they need to grow and develop properly. Without this essential nutrition between pregnancy and age 2, many children die. Others are stunted, meaning their brains and bodies are irreversibly underdeveloped.

President Trump's budget proposes a 30 percent cut to development assistance programs that help moms deliver on their promises to children. I'm calling on our senators and representative to speak to leadership in the Senate and House about protecting effective development assistance programs, particularly nutrition programs.

What better gift to ask for this Mother's Day?

Tonya Lomax

Bridgewater