[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1959]
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, to go grocery shopping, some Americans 
walk down the block or drive a few miles to the store. But for those 
living in food apartheids, their experience is different.
  I call them food apartheids, instead of food deserts, because deserts 
are naturally formed. There is nothing natural about food apartheid. It 
is manmade. It happens on purpose, often influenced by systemic racism.
  Earlier this week, I was in Leominster, Massachusetts, to unveil a 
new food truck and refrigerated van for the Spanish American Center, a 
nonprofit with deep roots in the area, to make it easier to bring 
nutritious and culturally appropriate meals to everyone in the 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, I was proud to secure $110,000 in Federal funding for 
this project. We should continue to increase Federal investments in our 
local antihunger infrastructure to help those who have a short trip to 
the grocery store and especially those who do not. We should do all we 
can to end hunger now.

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