[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      END HUNGER NOW--TRUMP AGENDA

  (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, earlier this week, President Trump took 
the oath of office flanked by the richest people in the world. His 
inauguration guests are reported to be worth over $1.3 trillion.
  At the same time, the Republican let-them-eat-cake agenda is pushing 
to take money out of the pockets of hardworking Americans. These 
proposals--and you can't make this stuff up--that Republicans have been 
floating at Mar-a-Lago would slash the food budgets of 40 million 
hungry families by a third.
  These are the people who claim that they care about food prices, the 
ones who want to make it harder for low-income school districts to 
serve free meals to kids, all so they can give tax breaks to the 
billionaire ruling class.
  News flash for the President and Republicans in Congress: You cannot 
make America healthier if you take away people's healthcare and make it 
impossible to buy nutritious food.
  Billionaires do not need help, Mr. Speaker. I beg you, drop these 
proposals. Work with Democrats to improve programs that help regular 
people get by, and stop making hunger worse in this country.

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