[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5260]
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 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24--RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF 
    THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

  Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                            S. Con. Res. 24

       Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service was founded on 
     August 8, 1969, and has worked in a public-private 
     partnership to reduce food insecurity and promote nutritious 
     diets among the people of the United States;
       Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service partners with State 
     and local governments, Tribal organizations, school systems, 
     nonprofit organizations, private sector companies, and faith-
     based organizations--
       (1) to address hunger, poverty, and nutrition; and
       (2) to provide support to over 36,000,000 people in the 
     United States who live in households that face hunger on a 
     daily basis;
       Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service administers 15 
     nutrition assistance programs that leverage the agricultural 
     abundance of the United States to ensure that children, 
     seniors, and low-income individuals and families have access 
     to nutritious food;
       Whereas the programs of the Food and Nutrition Service 
     reach 1 in 4 people in the United States each year;
       Whereas it is the mission of Food and Nutrition Service to 
     increase food security and reduce hunger while maintaining 
     the integrity and efficiency of programs that provide 
     nutrition assistance to the people of the United States when 
     those people are in need; and
       Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service co-develops the 
     Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provide science-based 
     nutrition recommendations and serve as the cornerstone of 
     Federal nutrition policy: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), that Congress--
       (1) recognizes the valuable historic and continued 
     contributions of the Food and Nutrition Service and the 
     employees of the Food and Nutrition Service to the nutrition, 
     health, and well-being of the people of the United States;
       (2) commends the partnership efforts of States, 
     territories, local governments, Tribal organizations, school 
     systems, nonprofit charitable organizations, private sector 
     companies, and community-based organizations to end hunger 
     and provide nutritious food to the people of the United 
     States;
       (3) encourages continued efforts--
       (A) to educate the people of the United States on the 
     importance of eating nutritiously; and
       (B) to provide nutrition assistance to all people of the 
     United States when those people are in need;
       (4) recognizes that the Food and Nutrition Service uses the 
     bounty of the farmers and ranchers of the United States to 
     reduce food insecurity; and
       (5) recognizes and reaffirms the commitment of the United 
     States to--
       (A) ending hunger in the United States; and
       (B) continuing to lead the world in ending hunger 
     worldwide.

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