[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3649]
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, Republicans have their priorities all 
screwed up. It is a national disgrace how many hungry kids there are in 
America, yet Republicans are passing bills out of the Education 
Committee not about hunger in our schools but about demonizing 
immigrants.
  Republican Governors lie to migrants and ship them to States like 
Massachusetts with no help, no notification, no nothing. Now, they have 
the gall to threaten public school funding for communities that respond 
to their cruelty by caring for these poor migrants?
  Under Republican rule, the House Education Committee hasn't had a 
single markup or hearing on raising teacher pay. No hearings or markups 
on school shootings or reducing hunger in schools. Yet, we are bringing 
to the floor an immigration bill from the Education Committee while 
over 9 million kids in this country--that is 1 in 8 kids, for God's 
sake--go hungry.
  I am begging Republicans: Stop pushing divisive culture war messaging 
bills, and let's focus on making sure every kid has a healthy breakfast 
and lunch at school every day. Food ought to be a fundamental human 
right for every single person in this country.

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