[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 150 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H8945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY ACT

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5656, the Global 
Food Security Act of 2014, which is a recognition here by the House of 
Representatives of the important lead role that the United States of 
America can and must play in fighting poverty and hunger throughout the 
world.
  The simple truth is that a hunger epidemic of crisis proportion is 
spreading across the developing world leading to mass unrest, armed 
conflict, needless suffering, and death.
  Every day, more than 21,000 people die of hunger or hunger-related 
causes. The United Nations reports that in developing countries, 842 
million people are chronically hungry, one out of every three children 
who die before the age of 5 die of hunger, and one out of four children 
suffer mental or physical impairments due to malnutrition.
  Mr. Speaker, this Congress has been more than willing to spend 
trillions on warfare. Today, I call upon the Congress of the United 
States to declare war on hunger and give people in need a good reason 
to be grateful to America.

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