[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2899]
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                             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, last week, Democratic Whip Katherine 
Clark, Representative Ayanna Pressley, and I joined the Greater Boston 
Food Bank and Mass General Brigham to highlight the persistent problem 
of hunger, now made exponentially worse by policy proposals from Donald 
Trump and Republicans in Congress.
  While President Trump and Republicans in Congress dismantle programs 
like Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC, stakeholders in our home State are 
forming new partnerships to improve food security.
  Take, for example, the plant-based food pantry we visited last week 
at the Mass General Revere Community Health Center. Patients can access 
nutritious produce and pantry staples provided by the food bank to 
bridge the gap because SNAP benefits are already too low. The pantry 
features a teaching kitchen, so health center patients can learn how to 
cook nutritious meals.
  Food is medicine. While these partnerships are key to supporting the 
health and well-being of hungry families, they cannot make up for the 
draconian cuts being pushed by Republicans. It is time to drop these 
cuts, better invest in basic needs programs, and end hunger now.

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