[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FREE LUNCH TO EVERY CHILD
(Mr. KHANNA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, Art Ellison has one final wish: to provide
free lunch to students in need.
Art, a Democrat from the New Hampshire State House, is currently in
hospice and knows he doesn't have long to live. He is using his final
time to try and pass a bill to increase eligibility for free lunch to
all students at or below 350 percent of the Federal poverty line.
Making kids go hungry is cruel. That is why I am on a bill with
Senator Sanders to provide free lunch and free meals to every child. We
can do it for $3.30 a day.
Let us honor Art Ellison and get this done. He represents the best of
politics.
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