[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 108 (Friday, June 24, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5882]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  McGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION 
                                PROGRAM

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the George 
McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child 
Nutrition Program.
  Twenty years ago, Congress established McGovern-Dole as a permanent 
program under USDA in the 2002 farm bill. McGovern-Dole provides at 
least one nutritious school meal to some of the world's most vulnerable 
children.
  It is a life-changing program that has improved the food security, 
nutrition, literacy, and education of 31 million children, their 
families, and communities--building goodwill toward the American people 
in over 48 countries.
  With the support of American farmers, ranchers, and millers, 
McGovern-Dole programs are carried out by NGOs, the U.N. World Food 
Programme, local partners with U.S. financial and technical assistance, 
and U.S. and locally purchased food commodities.
  Congressman Tracey Mann and I have introduced H. Res. 1156 to 
continue the McGovern-Dole program and build upon its 20 years of 
success. I invite all of my colleagues to cosponsor and support this 
resolution.

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