[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 50 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HUNGER SHOULD NOT BE A PARTISAN ISSUE

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, of every 10 people going hungry today, six 
are women. They are hungry not only because they are the majority poor, 
with the least access to schools, land, and markets, but because every 
mother will go to bed hungry before her child does.
  H.R. 1 cuts life-saving food aid, humanitarian and development 
programs almost in half. These programs make up less than 1 percent of 
the Federal budget. Slashing them does nothing to fix the deficit but 
will be devastating to millions of poor women and children.
  When world food prices are at all-time highs and there are more 
hungry people in the world than ever before, this is unconscionable. 
Over 30,000 people--religious and social leaders--are fasting in 
opposition to these budget cuts.
  Hunger should not be a partisan issue. I urge all my colleagues to 
join these brave citizens and reject these draconian cuts. Support 
programs that protect the hungry and the most vulnerable here at home 
and around the world.
  Learn more at www.hungerfast.org.

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