Food Security for All Veterans Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. BOST. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I reluctantly support this bill.

Food insecurity is an issue that impacts thousands of veterans every year. Veterans continue to suffer from skyrocketing food prices caused by the economic mistakes of the Biden administration.

While I support bringing more attention to veteran hunger, I am skeptical that this bill is the correct solution. The bill before us today would try to address these issues by creating a new office of food security at the VA. The VA has also already told us that they were working to set up an office at the VHA dedicated to food insecurity.

I look forward to working with our colleagues in the Senate to modify the language in this bill to match the Department's efforts.

That said, I am pleased by the changes that were made today to improve on the text. All considered, I reluctantly urge all of my colleagues to support the bill.

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Mr. BOST. Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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