HUNGER related term(s) Famines
Addresses
Taiwan Food Donation to Kenya: Jason C. Yuan, Taiwanese Economic and Cultural Representative to the U.S., S2914 [7MY]
Articles and editorials
Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rate, Study Finds, H1900 [17AP]
George McGovern, the Man Who Never Gave Up, E1960 [19DE]
George McGovern—An Outstanding Leader on Children’s Hunger and Nutrition, E1960 [19DE]
LINK Celebrates 40 Years Serving the Community, E1207 [9JY]
North Korea’s Dehumanizing Treatment of Its Citizens Is Hiding in Plain Sight, S2541 [19AP]
Robert Shrum on Friend George McGovern, the Prophet Politician, E1960 [19DE]
Stop Demagoguing Our Food Safety Net, E284 [29FE]
Turning a Blind Eye to North Korea’s ‘Hidden Gulag’, S2541 [19AP]
Washington-Area Hunger Seen as Worsening, E1828 [28NO]
Bills and resolutions
AID: improve nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of U.S. food assistance (see H.R. 4141), H1153 [5MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: recognize significance of and support adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H. Res. 564), H965 [27FE]
——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see S. 3602), S6546 [20SE] (see H.R. 6567), H6300 [2OC]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 664), H3103 [17MY] (see H. Res. 760), H5707 [2AU]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 484), S3782 [6JN] (see H. Res. 655), H2646 [10MY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2037), S132 [26JA] (see S. 3562), S6454 [19SE]
Senior citizens: provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 3619), S6625 [21SE]
Remarks in House
Aldie, VA: tribute to Mercer Middle School winter food drive, E478 [28MR]
Children and youth: tribute to ‘‘Share Your Breakfast’’ initiative, E349, E352 [8MR]
Convoy of Hope (organization): tribute, E454 [27MR]
Cuba: tribute to hunger strike by pro-democracy activists, H5929 [13SE], H6258 [21SE]
Czemerda, Mary: Clearview Federal Credit Union Joseph C. Cirelli Community Service Award recipient, E45 [18JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1657 [28MR], H1849, H1869, H1898–H1905 [17AP], H2606, H2623–H2625 [10MY], H3582 [7JN], H4708 [10JY], H4790, H4810 [11JY], H4831 [12JY], H5027 [19JY], H5655 [2AU], H5749 [10SE], H6225 [20SE], H6488–H6491 [28NO], H7405, H7406 [20DE], E551 [17AP], E584 [19AP], E612 [23AP], E1232 [11JY], E2025 [31DE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, H2605 [10MY]
——— tribute to domestic and global anti-hunger and nutrition programs, E803 [15MY]
——— WIC funding, H1898–H1905 [17AP], H6487–H6491 [28NO]
Dept. of Defense: reduce funding and redirect savings to domestic priorities, H4915 [18JY]
EPA: tribute to Food Recovery Challenge, E1933 [13DE]
Family Pantry of Cape Cod (organization): tribute, E941 [31MY]
Florida: anniversary of Bay Area Food Bank, E304 [1MR]
Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H976 [28FE], H1849 [17AP], E284 [29FE]
Fresno, CA: anniversary of Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, E626 [24AP]
Gingrich, Newt: characterization of remarks on number of individuals on food stamps due to economic policies of the Obama administration, H580 [8FE]
——— characterization of remarks relative to number of individuals on food stamps due to economic policies of the Obama administration, H40 [18JA], H121 [24JA]
Kernersville, NC: tribute to Designer’s Attic (business) and Friddle and Co., Inc., for donation to Second Harvest Food Bank, H70 [18JA]
Las Vegas, NV: tribute to Make a Difference Day Award recipients, E566 [18AP]
LINK, Inc.: anniversary, E1206 [9JY]
Older Americans Act: anniversary, E1217 [10JY]
Scammell, Emily: Auburn University Political Science Leadership Award recipient, E538 [16AP]
Sudan: human rights violations, H1434 [21MR]
Ukraine: anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933, E1802 [27NO]
York County, ME: tribute to Mothers and Others Against Hunger program, E302 [1MR]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: promote SBA Microloan Program to businesses to establish gleaning programs that redistribute surplus food to organizations that serve the hungry, S3817 [7JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to obtain a waiver from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to incentivize healthier food purchases by beneficiaries, S3817 [7JN], S4137 [13JN], S4399 [21JN]
——— establish a pilot loan program to assist organizations providing healthful food for the hungry, S4345, S4346 [20JN]
——— Food for Peace program funding, S4130 [13JN]
——— increase awareness of the Summer Food Service Program, S4359 [20JN]
——— price supports for milk funding through reductions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S8613 [1JA]
——— prohibit funding to allow categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S4270, S4271 [19JN]
——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (S. 3602), S6553 [20SE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S3754 [6JN], S3964–S3968 [12JN], S4119 [13JN], S4278 [19JN], S4352 [20JN], S4393 [21JN], S6087 [11SE], S7735 [11DE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform, S3832 [7JN], S7720 [11DE]
——— The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding through reductions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S4346 [20JN]
Foreign countries: improve international food security, S3274 [17MY]
Foreign policy: reaffirm U.S. commitment to global prosperity through hunger and poverty reduction, S3324 [21MY]
National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 484), S3798, S3799 [6JN]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize and improve (S. 2037), S133 [26JA]
——— reauthorize and improve (S. 3562), S6460 [19SE]
Taiwan: tribute to food donation to Kenya, S2914 [7MY]
Statements
Tribute to George McGovern: Rajiv Shah, AID, E1960 [19DE]
Texts of
S. 3602, Food Stamp Restoration Act, S6554 [20SE]
S. Res. 484, National Hunger Awareness Day, S3782, S3799 [6JN]