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McGovern, Newhouse, Pingree, Walorski Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Increase Food Donations and Prevent Hunger
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Bipartisan Legislation Eliminates Legal Roadblocks That Discourage Restaurants, Retailers and Others from Donating Food McGovern, Burgess Introduce New Bipartisan Resolution Calling for Nutrition Education for Medical Students and Physicians
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Despite Enormous Health Care Costs of Unhealthy Diets, Medical Schools Devote only 19 Hours on Average to Nutrition Education. And For Many Key Medical Specialties, Requirements for Nutrition Competency are Absent McGovern, Walorski, Booker, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Convene a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health
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Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would convene a national White House conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health. The bill would provide $2.5 million for the conference and lay the groundwork for the historic event, which would be only the second such conference in American history. McGovern, Walorski, Pingree, Evans Introduce Legislation to Address Gaps in Medicare Coverage that Lead to Poor Health Outcomes
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Bipartisan Bill Would Create a Pilot Program to Provide Medically Vulnerable Seniors with Nutritious Meals; Address Links Between Diet and Chronic Illness Chairman Jim McGovern Leads All 25 House Committee Chairs Urging Biden Administration to Convene Hunger Conference
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) sent a letter signed by all 25 Committee Chairs in the United States House of Representatives and addressed to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. urging him to convene a national conference on food, nutrition, hunger, and health. Calling for further action to address a hunger crisis… McGovern Statement on New Thrifty Food Plan Guidelines
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, issued this statement following the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) concluding a congressionally-mandated review of Thrifty Food Plan guidelines: “Even before COVID hit, too many people in my district and across America couldn’t afford the basic human right of access to… McGovern Calls on Biden Administration to Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on the Biden Administration to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits. On March 3, 2021, USDA announced it had begun updating the Thrifty Food Plan—a… House Passes McGovern Amendment Funding White House Hunger Conference
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, announced that his bipartisan amendment providing $2.5 million for a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health has been approved by the House of Representatives. “The first, last, and only White House conference on hunger was held the same year we put a… McGovern, Reschenthaler Lead Bipartisan Effort Urging Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity Among Military Families
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) and Congressman Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) led a bipartisan group of Rules Committee Members in a letter addressed to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack urging them to address hunger and food insecurity among… Chairman McGovern Opens Debate to Send Historic Rescue Plan to President Biden
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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today opened debate on the rule for the Senate-passed American Rescue Plan Act to get this historic bill to President Biden’s desk for his signature. This legislation will help crush the coronavirus, return children safely to the classroom, get vaccines to the people, put dollars into families’ pockets, and… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
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