True National Security Means Every American Has Enough to Eat

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, this week, in the name of ``national security,'' Congress will likely approve a nearly $1 trillion National Defense Authorization Act, but the 35 million Americans who don't know where their next meal is coming from won't feel any more security because for struggling families in this country, Republicans are cutting food benefits.

I find it unconscionable that Members of Congress are okay cutting programs that help hungry kids, like SNAP and WIC, supposedly in the name of deficit reduction. Meanwhile, they are fine sending almost a trillion dollars to an agency that can't pass an audit and to defense contractors who pad their pockets by fleecing America's taxpayers.

Let's broaden our definition of national security to include more than bullets and bombs. Let's include the security of our people, their health, well-being, and economic stability.

True national security ought to mean that every American has enough to eat.

No more blank checks to the Pentagon. Let's reinvest in our people to end hunger now.

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