Earlier this month, Gov. Josh Stein made an impassioned plea to North Carolina’s congressional delegation. “Reject this budget proposal so that North Carolina families don’t go hungry,” Stein wrote in a statement released May 8. Stein was reacting to proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that could take away the ability of 1.4 million North Carolinians, including children, the elderly, the disabled and low-income working adults, to be able to put food on their tables.