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Govern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program

Floor Speech

Date: June 24, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.

Twenty years ago, Congress established McGovern-Dole as a permanent program under USDA in the 2002 farm bill. McGovern-Dole provides at least one nutritious school meal to some of the world's most vulnerable children.

It is a life-changing program that has improved the food security, nutrition, literacy, and education of 31 million children, their families, and communities--building goodwill toward the American people in over 48 countries.

With the support of American farmers, ranchers, and millers, McGovern-Dole programs are carried out by NGOs, the U.N. World Food Programme, local partners with U.S. financial and technical assistance, and U.S. and locally purchased food commodities.

Congressman Tracey Mann and I have introduced H. Res. 1156 to continue the McGovern-Dole program and build upon its 20 years of success. I invite all of my colleagues to cosponsor and support this resolution.

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