End Hunger Now

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, last week, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Representative Ayanna Pressley, and I joined the Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham to highlight the persistent problem of hunger, now made exponentially worse by policy proposals from Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.

While President Trump and Republicans in Congress dismantle programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC, stakeholders in our home State are forming new partnerships to improve food security.

Take, for example, the plant-based food pantry we visited last week at the Mass General Revere Community Health Center. Patients can access nutritious produce and pantry staples provided by the food bank to bridge the gap because SNAP benefits are already too low. The pantry features a teaching kitchen, so health center patients can learn how to cook nutritious meals.

Food is medicine. While these partnerships are key to supporting the health and well-being of hungry families, they cannot make up for the draconian cuts being pushed by Republicans. It is time to drop these cuts, better invest in basic needs programs, and end hunger now.

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