[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                       FARM TO SCHOOL ACT OF 2015

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I urge the House to pay attention to the 
Farm to School Act of 2015. Like my colleague from Arkansas, California 
is a big agricultural State, and we know that kids go hungry.
  We have the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Children Act, providing some $5 
million annually in competitive programs for schools to establish the 
Farm to School Act programs. These programs are vitally important to 
farmers, increasing their income, but even more important to kids who 
can get good, healthy food, locally grown and available in their 
schools.
  So let's pay attention here. Let's get this new bill underway. Let's 
move this program forward. Let's put some money so our kids can have 
good food and our local farmers can have a good market.

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