[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SUMMER EBT PROGRAM

  (Mrs. McBATH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McBATH. Madam Speaker, when school lets out and the heat of 
summer comes, the promise of daily meals falls away for too many 
children.
  Last year, summer meal programs in Georgia failed to serve one-third 
of our counties and reached less than 15 percent of eligible children.
  The Federal summer EBT program fills in the gaps for hardworking 
parents who some nights might take less for themselves so there is 
enough to go around the table.
  I have led three letters to the Governor of Georgia to encourage him 
to accept the Federal dollars that would give every eligible child 
access to summer meals. We have received no substantive response.
  The next deadline is this Saturday.
  Without this program, kids in Georgia might have to rely on only half 
a sandwich from a friend at the park picnic table or, God forbid, go 
without.
  Please don't let Georgia families be left out again this summer.

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