[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8195-H8198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2022
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and
pass the bill (H.R. 8446) to modify and extend the Global Food Security
Act of 2016, as amended.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 8446
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the ``Global Food Security
Reauthorization Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Section 2 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9301) is amended by striking ``Congress makes'' and
all that follows through ``(3) A comprehensive'' and
inserting ``Congress finds that a comprehensive''.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY OBJECTIVES; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
Section 3(a) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9302(a)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``programs, activities, and initiatives that'' and inserting
``comprehensive, multi-sectoral programs, activities, and
initiatives that consider agriculture and food systems in
their totality and that''.
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and economic freedom
through the coordination'' and inserting ``, economic
freedom, and security through the phasing, sequencing, and
coordination'';
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the
following:
``(3) increase the productivity, incomes, and livelihoods
of small-scale producers and artisanal fishing communities,
especially women in these communities, by working across
terrestrial and aquatic food systems and agricultural value
chains, including by--
``(A) enhancing local capacity to manage agricultural
resources and food systems effectively and expanding producer
access to, and participation in, local, regional, and
international markets;
``(B) increasing the availability and affordability of high
quality nutritious and safe foods and clean water;
``(C) creating entrepreneurship opportunities and improving
access to business development related to agriculture and
food systems, including among youth populations, linked to
local, regional, and international markets; and
``(D) enabling partnerships to facilitate the development
of and investment in new agricultural technologies to support
more resilient and productive agricultural practices;
``(4) build resilience to agriculture and food systems
shocks and stresses, including global food catastrophes in
which conventional methods of agriculture are unable to
provide sufficient food and nutrition to sustain the global
population, among vulnerable populations and households
through inclusive growth, while reducing reliance upon
emergency food and economic assistance;'';
(4) in paragraph (6)--
(A) by inserting ``, adolescent girls,'' after ``women'';
(B) by inserting ``and incidence of wasting'' after ``child
stunting'';
(C) by inserting ``large-scale food fortification,'' after
``diet diversification,''; and
(D) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the
following: ``and nutrition, especially during the first
1,000-day window until a child reaches 2 years of age''; and
(5) in paragraph (7)--
(A) by inserting ``combating fragility, resilience,'' after
``national security,'';
(B) by inserting ``natural resource management,'' after
``science and technology,''; and
(C) by striking ``nutrition,'' and inserting ``nutrition,
including deworming,''.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
Section 4 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9303) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including in
response to shocks and stresses to food and nutrition
security'' before the period at the end;
(2) in paragraph (5)(H)--
(A) by inserting ``local'' before ``agricultural'';
(B) by inserting ``and fisher'' after ``farmer''; and
(C) by inserting ``youth,'' after ``small-scale
producers,'';
(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``the Inter-American
Foundation,'' after ``United States African Development
Foundation,'';
(4) in paragraph (8)--
(A) by inserting ``agriculture and food'' before
``systems''; and
(B) by inserting ``, including global food catastrophes,''
after ``food security'';
(5) in paragraph (9), by striking ``fishers'' and inserting
``artisanal fishing communities'';
(6) in paragraph (10), by amending subparagraphs (D) and
(E) to read as follows:
``(D) is a marker of an environment deficient in the
various needs that allow for a child's healthy growth,
including nutrition; and
``(E) is associated with long-term poor health, delayed
motor development, impaired cognitive function, and decreased
immunity.'';
(7) in paragraph (12), by striking ``agriculture and
nutrition security'' and inserting ``food and nutrition
security and agriculture-led economic growth'';
(8) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (12), as
amended, as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;
(9) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) Food system.--The term `food system' means the intact
or whole unit made up of interrelated components of people,
behaviors, relationships, and material goods that interact in
the production, processing, packaging, transporting, trade,
marketing, consumption, and use of food, feed, and fiber
through aquaculture, farming, wild fisheries, forestry, and
pastoralism that operates within and is influenced by social,
political, economic, and environmental contexts.''; and
(10) by adding at the end the following:
``(14) Wasting.--The term `wasting' means--
``(A) a life-threatening condition attributable to poor
nutrient intake or disease that is characterized by a rapid
deterioration in nutritional status over a short period of
time; and
``(B) in the case of children, is characterized by low
weight for height and weakened immunity, increasing their
risk of death due to greater frequency and severity of common
infection, particularly when severe.''.
SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy.--Section 5(a) of the Global Food Security Act
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)--
(A) by striking ``country-owned agriculture, nutrition, and
food security policy'' and inserting ``partner country-led
agriculture, nutrition, regulatory, food security, and water
resources management policy''; and
(B) by inserting after ``investment plans'' the following:
``and governance systems'';
(2) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
``(5) support the locally-led and inclusive development of
agriculture and food systems, including by enhancing the
extent to which small-scale food producers, especially women,
have access to and control over the inputs, skills, resource
management capacity, networking, bargaining power, financing,
market linkages, technology, and information needed to
sustainably increase productivity and incomes, reduce poverty
and malnutrition, and promote long-term economic
prosperity;'';
(3) in paragraph (6)--
(A) by inserting ``, adolescent girls,'' after ``women'';
and
(B) by inserting ``and preventing incidence of wasting''
after ``reducing child stunting'';
(4) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``poor water resource
management and'' after ``including'';
(5) in paragraph (8)--
(A) by striking ``the long-term success of programs'' and
inserting ``long-term impact''; and
(B) by inserting ``, including agricultural research
capacity,'' after ``institutions'';
(6) in paragraph (9)--
(A) by striking ``integrate resilience and nutrition
strategies into food security programs, such that'' and
inserting ``coordinate with and complement relevant
strategies to ensure''; and
(B) by inserting ``adapt and'' before ``build safety
nets'';
(7) in paragraph (13), by inserting ``nongovernmental
organizations, including'' after ``civil society,'';
(8) in paragraph (14), by inserting ``and coordination, as
appropriate,'' after ``collaboration'';
(9) in paragraph (16)--
(A) by striking ``section 8(b)(4)'' and inserting ``section
8(a)(4)''; and
(B) by striking ``; and'' at the end and inserting a
semicolon;
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(10) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (22);
(11) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (16), as
amended, as paragraphs (14) through (18), respectively;
(12) by striking paragraphs (10) and (11) and inserting the
following:
``(10) develop community and producer resilience and
adaptation strategies to disasters, emergencies, and other
shocks and stresses to food and nutrition security, including
conflicts, droughts, flooding, pests, and diseases, that
adversely impact agricultural yield and livelihoods;
``(11) harness science, technology, and innovation,
including the research and extension activities supported by
the private sector, relevant Federal Departments and
agencies, Feed the Future Innovation Labs or any successor
entities, and international and local researchers and
innovators, recognizing that significant investments in
research and technological advances will be necessary to
reduce global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition;
``(12) use evidenced-based best practices, including
scientific and forecasting data, and improved planning and
coordination by, with, and among key partners and relevant
Federal Departments and agencies to identify, analyze,
measure, and mitigate risks, and strengthen resilience
capacities;
``(13) ensure scientific and forecasting data is accessible
and usable by affected communities and facilitate
communication and collaboration among local stakeholders in
support of adaptation planning and implementation, including
scenario planning and preparedness using seasonal forecasting
and scientific and local knowledge;''; and
(13) by inserting after paragraph (18), as redesignated,
the following:
``(19) improve the efficiency and resilience of
agricultural production, including management of crops,
rangelands, pastures, livestock, fisheries, and aquacultures;
``(20) ensure investments in food and nutrition security
consider and integrate best practices in the management and
governance of natural resources and conservation, especially
among food insecure populations living in or near biodiverse
ecosystems;
``(21) be periodically updated in a manner that reflects
learning and best practices; and''.
(b) Periodic Updates.--Section 5 of the Global Food
Security Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9304), as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Periodic Updates.--Not less frequently than
quinquennially through fiscal year 2030, the President, in
consultation with the head of each relevant Federal
department and agency, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees updates to the Global Food Security
Strategy required under subsection (a) and the agency-
specific plans described in subsection (c)(2).''.
SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
STRATEGY; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 6(b) of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9305(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$1,000,600,000'' and inserting
``$1,200,000,000'';
(2) by striking ``fiscal years 2017 through 2023'' and
inserting ``fiscal years 2024 through 2028''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ``Amounts
authorized to appropriated by this subsection should be
prioritized to carry out programs and activities in target
countries.''.
SEC. 7. EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 7 of the Global Food Security Act
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9306) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(a) Sense of Congress'' and all that
follows through ``It shall be'' and inserting the following:
``(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be''; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 492(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292a(a)) is
amended by striking ``$2,794,184,000 for each of fiscal years
2017 through 2023, of which up to $1,257,382,000'' and
inserting ``$3,905,460,000 for each of the fiscal years 2024
through 2028, of which up to $1,757,457,000''.
SEC. 8. REPORTS.
Section 8 of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (22
U.S.C. 9307) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)--
(A) by striking ``During each of the first 7 years after
the date of the submission of the strategy required under
section 5(c)'' and inserting ``For each of fiscal years 2024
through 2028'';
(B) by striking ``reports that describe'' and inserting ``a
report that describes''; and
(C) by striking ``at the end of the reporting period'' and
inserting ``during the preceding year'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, including any
changes to the target countries selected pursuant to the
selection criteria described in section 5(a)(2) and
justifications for any such changes'' before the semicolon at
the end;
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``identify and'' before
``describe'';
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``agriculture'' and
inserting ``food'';
(5) in paragraph (6)--
(A) by inserting ``quantitative and qualitative'' after
``how''; and
(B) by inserting ``at the initiative, country, and zone of
influence levels, including longitudinal data and key
uncertainties'' before the semicolon at the end;
(6) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``within target
countries, amounts and justification for any spending outside
of target countries'' after ``amounts spent'';
(7) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and the impact of
private sector investment'' and inserting ``and efforts to
encourage financial donor burden sharing and the impact of
such investment and efforts'';
(8) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(9) in paragraph (14)--
(A) by inserting ``, including key challenges or
missteps,'' after ``lessons learned''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and'';
(10) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through (14), as
amended, as paragraphs (15) through (17), respectively;
(11) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (11), as
amended, as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively;
(12) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) identify and describe the priority quantitative
metrics used to establish baselines and performance targets
at the initiative, country, and zone of influence levels;
``(5) identify such established baselines and performance
targets at the country, and zone of influence levels;
``(6) identify the output and outcome benchmarks and
indicators used to measure results annually, and report the
annual measurement of results for each of the priority
metrics identified pursuant to paragraph (4), disaggregated
by age, gender, and disability, to the extent practicable and
appropriate, in an open and transparent manner that is
accessible to the American people;'';
(13) by inserting after paragraph (13), as redesignated,
the following:
``(14) describe how agriculture research is prioritized
within the Global Food Security Strategy to support
agriculture-led growth and eventual self-sufficiency and
assess efforts to coordinate research programs within the
Global Food Security Strategy with key stakeholders;''; and
(14) by adding at the end the following:
``(18) during the final year of each strategy required
under section 5, complete country graduation reports to
determine whether a country should remain a target country
based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Texas (Mr. Castro) and the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Kim) each
will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
General Leave
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their
remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 8446, as amended.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this bill that
reauthorizes the Global Food Security Act. I thank my colleagues, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. Smith, Chairman Meeks, and Ranking Member McCaul, for
leading this bill.
Today, as the world grapples with a rapidly changing climate, the
ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global consequences
of Russia's war of choice in Ukraine, the U.S. must step up to support
the hundreds of millions of hungry and food insecure people in all
corners of the world. More importantly, perhaps, we need to give these
communities the tools they need to feed themselves.
The Global Food Security Act was passed with strong bipartisan
support in 2016 and reauthorized in 2018. It is critical that Congress
once again acts to reauthorize this important piece of legislation.
Not only does this reauthorization increase annual funding for the
Feed the Future initiative; it also requires an additional focus on
building resilience, strengthening food systems, and forming more local
partnerships to advance agriculture-led economic growth. This will play
a critical role in delivering food to those in need today while
creating more durable and sustainable food systems for tomorrow.
Food insecurity is a key driver of instability and violent extremism
throughout the world. Investing in combating global hunger not only
reflects U.S. values; it is also in our national security interest.
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By passing this legislation, along with President Biden's
announcement last week that the United States will provide over $2.9
billion in new assistance to address food insecurity, we will make
important strides toward achieving our goal of creating lasting food
security.
This important bipartisan legislation will continue support for the
Feed the Future initiative that has already lifted millions out of
poverty.
Madam Speaker, I am proud to support this bipartisan legislation, and
I urge my colleagues to do the same. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume, and I rise in support of this bill.
Madam Speaker, today, 50 million people in 45 countries are living on
the brink of famine, and more than 350 million people around the world
are facing emergency food insecurity. This is a staggering increase
from record-breaking levels of hunger last year.
Russia's unprovoked and full-scale invasion of Ukraine, previously
known as the breadbasket of Europe, has worsened an already
overwhelming global food crisis and is destabilizing fragile states.
Global food prices are expected to increase by 20 percent and could
be even higher in developing countries that are highly dependent on
imported commodities from Ukraine and Russia.
These shocks are creating shortages and instability that affect the
entire world, including our constituents.
First enacted in 2016, and amended in 2018, the Global Food Security
Act provides critical authorities to respond to immediate global food
needs and to advance longer term agricultural-led economic growth.
I am a cosponsor of today's bipartisan legislation to refine and
extend those authorities for another 5 years, through 2028. Madam
Speaker, I thank my colleagues, Congresswoman McCollum, Congressman
Chris Smith, Chairman Meeks, and Ranking Member McCaul, for their
leadership in this effort.
In order to prevent the next food crisis, we must increase the
resiliency of communities around the world to shocks like natural
disasters, supply chain disruptions, and fertilizer shortages. This is
why the U.S. is working with partner countries to advance targeted
efforts to increase agricultural productivity, invest in food systems
and market-based approaches to agricultural-led economic growth, and,
ultimately, support communities' abilities to provide for themselves.
These strategic agricultural development activities are a critical
investment in preventing future humanitarian emergencies and dependency
on foreign aid.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum).
Ms. McCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, today, I rise in support of my bill, the
Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022, a bipartisan bill,
which I worked on with Mr. Smith to reaffirm the United States'
commitment to fighting hunger and poverty worldwide. It truly has been
a bipartisan effort.
This bill builds upon the landmark Global Food Security Act of 2016.
It reauthorizes the incredibly successful Feed the Future initiative,
which has carried out lifesaving programs and helped millions of people
break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
This legislation reauthorizes GFSA to 2028 and makes commonsense
updates to reflect the changing landscape of global hunger.
Specifically, this bill emphasizes agriculture-led economic growth and
strengthening resilience against climate change and the global COVID-19
pandemic. This will help reduce malnutrition in women and children.
By supporting small farmers and women farmers, in particular, we can
increase food production and incomes so that families and communities
around the world may improve their way of life.
This legislation will also help to create a more stable world, as has
been mentioned, by helping millions of people in the world's poorest
countries become self-sufficient in feeding themselves.
As chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, I know all
too well the human, economic, and national security costs of global
food insecurity, and it is just too high for Congress to ignore. The
passage and enactment of this bill today truly cannot come soon enough
for our national security.
I am proud to have worked on this legislation. I have worked on this
legislation for over 14 years, starting with Senator Lugar, after being
in Africa and watching how lack of food and clean water affected our
ability to really make the HIV/AIDS program move forward. From that,
the more I learned about malnutrition, the more passionate I became.
I am proud to have worked on this with experts in the field of global
food and nutrition security, such as InterAction, Bread for the World,
1,000 Days, CARE, Save the Children, The Alliance to End Hunger, and so
many more. Madam Speaker, I thank them for their expertise, for helping
to lift up this legislation.
Madam Speaker, I also thank our co-leads, Chair Meeks and Ranking
Member McCaul, and a special thank-you to Representative Smith, for
their work on this legislation. Their enduring commitment to end global
hunger is important work that we do together.
Madam Speaker, I urge the passage of this bill.
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Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may
consume to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of
the bicameral, bipartisan Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of
2022. I especially want to thank my good friend and colleague, Betty
McCollum, for her authorship of this important legislation that will
help so many.
Today's vote on global food security will show that we can come
together to advance the good. For the Global Food Security Act is a
model of cooperation, from the collaboration between Congresswoman
McCollum and I on previous iterations, which began back in 2014 when I
first introduced it, and the House passed the legislation.
Madam Speaker, like PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief, our food security policy is a remarkably effective, relatively
low-cost lifesaving, life-enhancing initiative, championed by both
Republican and Democrat administrations.
Indeed, we are fortunate that President Bush, beginning in 2002, had
the initial foresight to elevate the important role of food security in
U.S. foreign policy, especially in Africa, via the Initiative to End
Hunger in Africa, or the IEHA, which was funded through development
assistance and implemented through USAID. The objective was to help
meet the nutritional needs of millions and to elevate self-sufficiency
over dependency.
At the same time, the Millennium Challenge Corporation began making
substantial investments in ag-led economic growth programs,
particularly in Africa. The food price crisis of 2007-2008 accelerated
and underscored the need for robust food security policy.
President Obama, in 2009, announced further enhancements to our food
security strategy at the G8 summit in Italy, and this became known as
the Feed the Future initiative.
Our emphasis on ag-led economic development and food security self-
sufficiency continued through the Trump administration and now into the
Biden administration.
Madam Speaker, last week a World Food Programme and Food and
Agriculture Organization, WFP and FAO, report said the world faces its
``largest food crisis in modern history.''
The report sounds the alarm: 2022, as they put it, is a ``year of
unprecedented hunger.''
``As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night, the
number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared from 135
million to 345 million since 2019. A total of 50 million people in 45
countries are teetering on the edge of famine.''
``Conflict,'' they point out, ``is still the biggest driver of
hunger, with 60 percent of the world's hungry living in areas afflicted
by war and violence. Events unfolding in Ukraine are further proof of
how conflict feeds hunger, forcing people out of their homes, and
wiping out their sources of income.''
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As we all know, the weakest and most vulnerable are dying, and many,
many more are at risk of death while millions more are made susceptible
to opportunistic diseases while many children continue to suffer from
stunting. Many, however, are rallying to mitigate this suffering.
As my good friend and colleague from Minnesota pointed out, many of
the organizations that have done so much for so long are doing even
more now to make sure that we get to the point where people are food
secure. And, of course, that includes the secular groups and the faith-
based groups all working in tandem for this noble goal.
One of the objectives of the Global Food Security Act was to take a
whole-of-government approach, led by USAID, in promoting food security.
In conducting oversight hearings with regard to its implementation,
however, we found that there were several places where a whole-of-
agency approach, let alone a whole-of-government approach was lacking.
One area that needed attention was to make sure that our nutrition
efforts were firing on all cylinders. While the original bill, law, and
subsequent reauthorization placed great emphasis on reducing stunting--
and I have seen it all over Africa, as have Betty and many others. You
go to Nigeria, and stunting is endemic to this moment. That can all be
alleviated through the right kind of nutritional interventions,
including the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to the second
birthday, with nutrition that helps both mother and baby.
We have seen pictures of children with distended bellies caused by
worms that rob them of needed nutrients. I chaired several hearings on
worms, horrible things to see, growing in little kids, causing them to
die, but certainly to be very sick in most cases.
USAID, when it came to deworming, often had a more stovepiped
approach to it, while this legislation integrates the whole idea of
deworming with the food security so that we don't feed the worms, we
feed the future, and we feed these wonderful children and all those who
are at risk.
We also have put in and continue the integration of water,
sanitation, and hygiene, or WASH programming, which is also
extraordinarily effective.
This is a great bill. I hope it gets total support of this body.
Again, I thank Betty. I look forward to this vote and enactment into
law.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee.)
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for
participating in the Congressional Children's Caucus hearing this past
Monday on the Uvalde murder of children.
I rise to join my colleagues in supporting the Global Food Security
Reauthorization Act of 2022 and compliment Representative McCollum and
others who have strongly supported this legislation over the years.
It is particularly timely because I have just finished meeting with
the Foreign Minister of Pakistan and was able to visit in Pakistan in
early September after the catastrophic and momentous floods of biblical
proportion that went on.
What we saw was the potential of extreme starvation of families and
children. Thirty-three million people were displaced. The families in
the region had lost their wheat, their cotton, and their livestock.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to
the gentlewoman.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, the idea of the emphasis on the issue
of food security is so crucial, both in terms of the climate change
such that is impacted in Eritrea and Ethiopia, and the issues of
catastrophic flood conditions, so I rise to support this with the idea
that we have right in our midst conditions that would suggest food
insecurity.
This legislation that focuses on ensuring that people of the world
can eat, and the children of the world will not starve is a crucial and
needed legislation, which I support, and which emphasizes, again, the
important element in foreign affairs of food. Food helps save the
world.
I support this legislation, and I commend my colleagues to continue
to work, with devastating conditions around the world, to ensure the
safety and security of children and particularly food security.
Mrs. KIM of California. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of
my time to close.
Madam Speaker, I am proud to support this bipartisan bill to refine
and extend statutory authorities needed to respond to the global food
crisis and prevent future aid dependency. It updates the policy,
definitions, and the strategy requirements of the current law. It also
strengthens oversight and accountability and ensures continued focus on
core programs that have strong bipartisan support.
At its core, the bill embodies the saying, ``Give a man a fish, and
you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a
lifetime.''
These are effective, strategic investments in agriculture and
agricultural development to help ensure that communities and families
are able to provide for themselves.
Madam Speaker, I urge support for this bill, and I hope that our
Senate colleagues will take it up promptly.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume for the purpose of closing.
Madam Speaker, as the world continues to experience climate-related
devastation, downstream effects of COVID-19 on global supply chains,
and the crippling effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on food
delivery and production, the United States must continue to support
those vulnerable to food insecurity.
Now is not the time to continue business as usual. The United States
must step up to meet the moment and adapt our policy tools and foreign
assistance to do the same. H.R. 8446 ensures that the United States
maintains global leadership in combating the global hunger crisis by
sowing the seeds of food security for the future.
Madam Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this
important piece of legislation, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro) that the House suspend the rules and
pass the bill, H.R. 8446, as amended.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
Mr. CLYDE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further
proceedings on this question will be postponed.
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