[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S5876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  SENATE RESOLUTION 157--RECOGNIZING BREAD FOR THE WORLD, ON THE 35TH 
  ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING, FOR ITS FAITHFUL ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF 
       POOR AND HUNGRY PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD

  Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
Brown, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Casey, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Menendez) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 157

       Whereas Bread for the World, now under the leadership of 
     the Reverend David Beckmann, has grown in size and influence, 
     and is now the largest grassroots advocacy network on hunger 
     issues in the United States and on behalf of impoverished 
     people overseas;
       Whereas members of Bread for the World believe that by 
     addressing policies, programs, and conditions that allow 
     hunger and poverty to persist, they are providing help and 
     opportunity far beyond the communities in which they live;
       Whereas Bread for the World has inspired the engagement of 
     hundreds of thousands of individuals, more than 8,000 
     congregations, and more than 50 denominations across the 
     religious spectrum to seek justice for hungry and poor people 
     by making our Nation's laws more fair and compassionate to 
     people in need;
       Whereas members of Bread for the World use hand-written 
     letters and other personalized forms of communication to 
     convey to their legislators their moral concern for the needs 
     of mothers, children, small farmers, and other hungry and 
     poor people; and
       Whereas Bread for the World has a strong record of success 
     in working with Congress to--
       (1) strengthen our national nutrition programs;
       (2) establish and fund the Child Survival account that has 
     helped reduce child mortality rates worldwide;
       (3) increase and improve the Nation's poverty-focused 
     development assistance to help developing countries in Africa 
     and other underprivileged parts of the world;
       (4) pass the Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998 that 
     redirected United States resources toward small-scale farmers 
     and struggling rural communities in Africa;
       (5) lead an effort to provide debt relief to the world's 
     poorest countries and tie debt relief to poverty reduction; 
     and
       (6) establish an emergency grain reserve to improve the 
     Nation's response to humanitarian crises: Now, therefore, be 
     it

       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes and commends Bread for the World, on the 
     35th anniversary of its founding, for its encouragement of 
     citizen engagement, its advocacy for poor and hungry people, 
     and its successes as a collective voice; and
       (2) challenges Bread for the World to continue its work to 
     address world hunger.

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