Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, school breakfasts and lunches are often the most nutritious meal a student eats in a day. That is why so many districts across the country are offering tastier, healthier meals.

With our incredible Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, I visited one such school in Watertown, Massachusetts, as part of my statewide End Hunger Now tour.

We were treated to a tour of the Hosmer Elementary School by two bright second graders and enjoyed a delicious salad for lunch, featuring lettuce grown down the street by the students at Watertown's very own freight farm.

The enthusiasm of the students about their locally grown, nutritious school meals was infectious.

Mr. Speaker, this Congress can help make sure that every single district across the country has first-class school meal programs. We must pass my bill, the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act, to increase funding for school meal programs.

We must also reverse the devastating Trump administration cuts to local and school food programs that improve access to nutritious food.

Together, we can improve nutrition, improve learning outcomes, and end hunger now.

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