[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             END HUNGER NOW

  (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, every day across America, millions of 
seniors take their medicines on an empty stomach. They are hungry, on a 
fixed income, can't drive--and their fridges, pocketbooks, and wallets 
are empty.
  If they are lucky, they have people like Janice Pierce and Maggie 
Woodward in their corner.
  Last week, I joined Janice and Maggie to deliver meals to seniors in 
Oakham, Massachusetts. They are one of thousands of Meals on Wheels 
chapters in America.
  Experts tell us that seniors who are hungry are more likely to get 
sick and be admitted to the hospital.
  Mr. Speaker, programs like Meals on Wheels aren't nice; they are a 
necessity. While they do good work, America's seniors shouldn't have to 
get lucky. Their health outcomes shouldn't be determined by whether 
heroes like Janice and Maggie live around the corner.
  Congress needs to strengthen, not cut, programs like Meals on Wheels, 
as some of my Republican friends are proposing.
  In the richest country in the history of the world, our seniors 
deserve no less.

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