[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           BIOLOGY OF HUNGER

  (Mr. MAGAZINER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, I rise for the fifth time to bring 
attention to the Trump administration's failure to restore funding for 
food aid for malnourished children, despite their promise to do so.
  I speak today about the biology of hunger. A 2-year-old child may 
weigh the same as a newborn. Their bodies stop growing. Their immune 
systems shut down. They lose the ability to walk and sometimes even the 
ability to cry. That is what severe malnutrition looks like, and it is 
the leading cause of death for children under 5.
  There is treatment. Ready-to-use therapeutic food is a nutrient-rich 
peanut paste that delivers the fat, protein, and vitamins that starving 
children need to survive. It can save a child's life in just 8 weeks.
  The Edesia factory in Rhode Island has helped save 25 million lives 
with this food, but that work is now in jeopardy because the 
administration hasn't followed through on its own promises to continue 
funding the program.
  We must restore funding for emergency food aid now. Lives are at 
stake. I will keep speaking on this floor until that funding is 
restored.

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