Coalition on Human Needs: House Farm Bill is a cruel and inhumane blueprint for increasing hunger in America
May 21, 2024
A celebration of the Supreme Court decision in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by CHN’s Executive Director Deborah Weinstein
May 16, 2024
President Biden signs the historic Inflation Reduction Act: Biden Administration scores a victory for people over profit
CHN Staff,
August 16, 2022
In the rollercoaster ride to this day when President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, it seemed all too possible that no law would reach the President’s desk. Members of the Coalition on Human Needs applaud the victory that the President’s signature represents: the unflagging efforts by the Administration and members of Congress to make progress because they recognized that failure would be measured in preventable sickness, hardship, and growing environmental threats.
With House passage, President Biden can sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law: Historic live-saving steps we must build upon
CHN Staff,
August 12, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act provides extremely important help. It will reduce hardship, improve health, and start to protect our future. But we’ve got more to do, both to make sure the law fulfills its promises, and to take up the unfinished business that we owe ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren.
Remembering Bill Collins
CHN Staff,
August 11, 2022
I learned this week about the passing of a remarkable man. Bill Collins died recently in a car accident at the age of 87. Bill was a popular former mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut. In his hometown, tributes have poured in celebrating Bill’s legacy of revitalizing the city’s downtown, professionalizing its civil service, and championing affordable housing over his four terms in office. But I got to know Bill because of the remarkable work he did after retiring from public service.
CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: A look at the Inflation Reduction Act
Lecia Imbery,
August 9, 2022
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a comprehensive look at the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which cleared the Senate on August 7.
Celebrating the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act — important steps forward but unfinished business the nation must address
CHN Staff,
August 9, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will keep health care costs down for millions of Americans, and will make historic progress in protecting us from the ravages of climate change. It will have immediate benefits, and it invests in our future. The Coalition on Human Needs congratulates the Senate leadership for shepherding the bill to its passage in the Senate and celebrates all senators who voted for this important legislation. We look forward to its enactment in the House, and to President Biden’s signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law.
