[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1472]
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, on March 24, the Trump administration 
abruptly terminated the highly successful Patrick Leahy Farm to School 
grant program which helps schools incorporate healthy, locally grown 
foods into their school meal programs.
  USDA's own findings report that 61 percent of schools using the 
program saw increased fruit and vegetable consumption among students.
  The bottom line is this program is good for kids, good for families, 
and good for farmers. That is why last week I led a letter to 
Agriculture Secretary Rollins, along with Congresswomen Suzanne 
Bonamici, Stacey Plaskett, Chellie Pingree, and 34 other Democrats, 
demanding answers on why the administration suddenly canceled this 
congressionally authorized and funded program with no notice to 
Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, despite promising to support farmers and promote health, 
this is just another of many recent examples of the Trump 
administration callously undercutting our farmers, schools, and the 
well-being of our communities.
  We should be expanding wonderful programs like Patrick Leahy Farm to 
School grants, not gutting them, to end hunger now.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is 
recognized.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act 
and the Emergency Economic Powers Act, I move to discharge the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs from further consideration of H.J. Res. 
72, relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 
2025.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The motion is not in order.
  H.J. Res. 72 relates to the emergency declared by the President on 
February 1, 2025.
  Pursuant to section 4 of House Resolution 211, each day of the first 
session of the 119th Congress after March 11 does not constitute a 
calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies 
Act for purposes of that emergency. Therefore, no motion to discharge 
with respect to the emergency declared on February 1, 2025, is in order 
because the requisite 15 calendar days have not elapsed.

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