[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 23, 1994]
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                     MORE MEMBERS JOIN HUNGER FAST

  (Mr. WALSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, today a number of Members of Congress are 
beginning a fast. I am joining my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio, 
Tony Hall, today in this fast because I think that what he is doing is 
important and courageous. We are all so caught up in our day-to-day 
existence of working, paying the bills, trying to be a good husband or 
wife, being an involved parent, that we forget about some of the real 
problems in the world.
  Twenty-four years ago as a newly trained Peace Corps volunteer, I set 
out to help end hunger in the world. Unfortunately, we still have not 
accomplished that task. As many as 35,000 people a day are starving to 
death and not because there is not enough food; farmers, especially 
American farmers, are doing a marvelous job. It's happening because of 
political problems and distribution problems. We have the ability to 
end hunger and we have the resources.
  We all need to focus on what we can do collectively and individually 
to end that tragedy.

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