[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     TRUE NATIONAL SECURITY MEANS EVERY AMERICAN HAS ENOUGH TO EAT

  (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, this week, in the name of ``national 
security,'' Congress will likely approve a nearly $1 trillion National 
Defense Authorization Act, but the 35 million Americans who don't know 
where their next meal is coming from won't feel any more security 
because for struggling families in this country, Republicans are 
cutting food benefits.
  I find it unconscionable that Members of Congress are okay cutting 
programs that help hungry kids, like SNAP and WIC, supposedly in the 
name of deficit reduction. Meanwhile, they are fine sending almost a 
trillion dollars to an agency that can't pass an audit and to defense 
contractors who pad their pockets by fleecing America's taxpayers.
  Let's broaden our definition of national security to include more 
than bullets and bombs. Let's include the security of our people, their 
health, well-being, and economic stability.
  True national security ought to mean that every American has enough 
to eat.
  No more blank checks to the Pentagon. Let's reinvest in our people to 
end hunger now.

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