End Hunger Now

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, to go grocery shopping, some Americans walk down the block or drive a few miles to the store. But for those living in food apartheids, their experience is different.

I call them food apartheids, instead of food deserts, because deserts are naturally formed. There is nothing natural about food apartheid. It is manmade. It happens on purpose, often influenced by systemic racism.

Earlier this week, I was in Leominster, Massachusetts, to unveil a new food truck and refrigerated van for the Spanish American Center, a nonprofit with deep roots in the area, to make it easier to bring nutritious and culturally appropriate meals to everyone in the community.

Mr. Speaker, I was proud to secure $110,000 in Federal funding for this project. We should continue to increase Federal investments in our local antihunger infrastructure to help those who have a short trip to the grocery store and especially those who do not. We should do all we can to end hunger now.

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