[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H66-H67]
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, criminals are stealing SNAP benefits from 
hungry families, leaving them without enough money to buy food.
  That is why I worked with Speaker Emerita Pelosi and leaders at the 
House Agriculture Committee to write a law reimbursing these families 
who were the victims of theft through no fault of their own.
  Since the law was enacted in 2022, over 20,000 families in my home 
State of Massachusetts have gotten their benefits back. That is a huge 
success.
  Sadly, the law expired at the end of last year. We won a hard-fought 
extension in the continuing resolution to ensure that no families fall 
through the cracks, but this is one of the provisions billionaire Elon 
Musk ordered the Republicans to take out of the bill, and families are 
now left on the hook.
  The stories are heartbreaking, Mr. Speaker. One mother said: We 
aren't going to be able to survive like this.
  Enough is enough. Let's extend the law and end hunger now.

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