End Hunger Now

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 »

My grandmother used to say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I hated it when she said that, but you know, M. Speaker - she was right. Good, nutritious food will keep you healthy. Read more »

The Ryan budget not only does not End Hunger Now, it actually makes hunger in America worse than it is today. Read more »

The truth is that hunger is solvable - we have the means, the infrastructure and the food to end hunger. We just don't have the political will to do so. Read more »

Today, I want to talk about hunger and obesity - and to the highlight the unfortunate paradox between these two conditions. Read more »

Today, Rep. McGovern, along with Reps. Marcia Fudge (OH), Rosa DeLauro (CT), and George Miller (CA), introduced H. Res. 90. Read more »

Once again, I rise to talk about the issue of hunger in America. There are over 50 million Americans who go hungry each year. That's about one in every six Americans who don't know where their meal is coming from on any given day. M. Speaker, that is unconscionable in the richest, most prosperous country in the world. Read more »