[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HUNGER ACTION MONTH

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today during Hunger Action Month to 
discuss an issue that demands our immediate attention: hunger.
  My district--North Carolina's 12th--ranks ninth in the Nation and 
first in the State for hunger. My hometown of Greensboro and High Point 
are first in the Nation for food insecurity. In May, I launched the 
Adams Hunger Initiative to draw greater attention to this issue and to 
foster bipartisan solutions.
  This week I am introducing a resolution to highlight the severity of 
the hunger crisis across our Nation and to recognize the role critical 
programs like SNAP and others play in helping families put food on the 
table and to call on Congress to strengthen these programs and 
streamline requirements for afterschool and summer meals programs.
  Mr. Speaker, if the government shuts down on Thursday, the SNAP 
program won't have enough to cover October benefits, impacting more 
than 65,000 people in my district and millions across the Nation. 
During Hunger Action Month, a time when we should be elevating and 
addressing this crisis, we are taking steps back. I call on my 
colleagues to stand with our most vulnerable and keep our government 
running.

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