[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RISE AGAINST HUNGER

  (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, on May 15, I joined several of my 
colleagues from the House and Senate, officials from USDA, Ambassadors 
to the United States, and 150 volunteers at a meal packaging event 
hosted by the nonprofit organization Rise Against Hunger and The Kraft 
Heinz Company. Together, we packaged 20,000 meals that will be sent to 
Mozambique and distributed to families through a school feeding program 
in that country.
  I admire the incredible efforts of Rise Against Hunger, under the 
leadership of Rod Brooks, in hosting meal packaging events like this 
one I attended on Capitol Hill a few weeks ago. Last year alone, Rise 
Against Hunger served 1.4 million people in 74 countries across the 
globe as they worked toward the important goal of ending global hunger 
by 2030.
  I also applaud the work of Kraft Heinz in advancing its laudable goal 
of delivering 1 billion meals to those struggling with hunger by 2021. 
Kraft Heinz CEO Bernardo Hees, Board Vice Chairman John Cahill, and 
Board Member George Zoghbi traveled to D.C. to lead the event, and I am 
grateful for their commitment to ending hunger once and for all.

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