End Hunger Now

Friday August 02, 2013I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute.The Republican Majority has drafted a bill that doubles the level of cuts to Food Stamps over what was included in the Farm Bill that failed to pass this House in June.That’s right – doubles the cuts. More than 50 million people are hungry in this country. 17 million are kids. And the Republicans… Read more »

"Just when I think that House Republicans can’t get any more short-sighted or cruel, they pull a stunt like this." Read more »

For the nineteenth time this year, I rise to talk about my effort to End Hunger Now. Nearly every week this year, I’ve stood on this floor and talked about hunger in America and how we can End Hunger Now. Read more »

July 17, 2013M. Speaker – eighteen times this year I’ve come to this floor and talked about the need to End Hunger Now. Eighteen times I’ve defended our nation’s anti-hunger programs, discussed the paradox of hunger and obesity, and talked about hunger among the elderly.Over the past few weeks, this House has voted on two versions of a Farm Bill reauthorization.… Read more »

July 10, 2013 M. Speaker, Nearly every week that this House has been in session this year, I’ve come to the floor to talk about the need to End Hunger Now. Fourteen speeches later, I still hear from people who doubt that hunger is a problem in the 21st century in the richest, most prosperous nation in the world. Read more »

Thursday June 27, 2013M. Speaker, I rise once again to address the House on the need to End Hunger Now.This is the 14th time I’ve done so this year.Next week, the Members of this House will return home to their districts for the 4th of July District Work Period.  There will be parades and fireworks and picnics for all of us, but for too many of our neighbors, there will be no… Read more »

M. Speaker - This is farm bill week. Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee is marking up their version of the Farm Bill and tomorrow the House Agriculture Committee will do the same. Although one bill is written by a Republican and the other is written by a Democrat, these two bills have one thing in common - they make hunger worse in America. Read more »

A video of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern's 10th End Hunger Now Speech. Read more »

We can't ignore the fact that there are more than 16 million kids in America who are food insecure - quite simply, that means more than 16 million children went hungry in 2011. Read more »

Today, I want to focus on hunger among our seniors, a silent scourge in our nation. Over 49 million Americans are hungry and, of those, 8.3 million are seniors. That's 1 in 7 seniors and nearly 15% of everyone over 60 years old. In fact, from 2001 to 2009, hunger among Americans over the age of 50 increased by nearly 80 percent. 80 percent! Read more »