[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 30, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EMPTY SHELVES AT FOOD BANKS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening on behalf of the people 
I am privileged to represent in northwest Ohio: workers, family, 
farmers, and urban and rural communities where neighbors try to look 
out for one another.
  However, too many families are struggling to put food on the table. 
They are being priced out of their own grocery store. Food prices have 
shot up--meat, milk, bread, eggs--basics that every family depends on. 
Households are getting buried under the weight of their grocery bill.
  Now, to make matters worse, the Trump administration has unilaterally 
paused Federal food assistance and canceled shipments to food banks. We 
are feeling it. By withholding food and funds, the new administration 
has turned its back on the American people.
  They feel the rising prices, and they feel the harm. Food banks in 
Ohio and across our Nation are seeing shelves go bare, school meal 
programs, senior nutrition, and food pantry lifelines short. The boxes 
going out to seniors don't have protein.
  When Federal food dollars are cut off, it doesn't just hurt the 
hungry, it hurts the producers. Congress must restore these funds to 
feed our people, support the farmers, producers, and growers who make 
and grow what makes and grows America.

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