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End Hunger Now

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 22, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, local grocers play a pivotal role in improving access to nutritious food. That is why I joined my dear friend and colleague, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and State and local leaders on a visit to El Valle de la Sultana Market in Everett, Massachusetts, last Friday as part of my statewide End Hunger Now Tour.

Victor and Martha Gutierrez and Audriana Perdomo own La Sultana markets, which have been providing cultural staples to the people of Everett, east Boston, and Somerville for 30 years. We visited the newest location in Everett, which was stocked with delicious and culturally appropriate foods like fresh produce and meat and heard directly from people who shop at the store for groceries.

Their message was loud and clear. Skyrocketing food prices and cuts to SNAP are impacting their ability to feed their families. Their powerful stories provide me further motivation to fight Trump policies that are driving up the cost of food and to once and for all end hunger now.

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