End Hunger Now

Floor Speech

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have their priorities all screwed up. It is a national disgrace how many hungry kids there are in America, yet Republicans are passing bills out of the Education Committee not about hunger in our schools but about demonizing immigrants.

Republican Governors lie to migrants and ship them to States like Massachusetts with no help, no notification, no nothing. Now, they have the gall to threaten public school funding for communities that respond to their cruelty by caring for these poor migrants?

Under Republican rule, the House Education Committee hasn't had a single markup or hearing on raising teacher pay. No hearings or markups on school shootings or reducing hunger in schools. Yet, we are bringing to the floor an immigration bill from the Education Committee while over 9 million kids in this country--that is 1 in 8 kids, for God's sake--go hungry.

I am begging Republicans: Stop pushing divisive culture war messaging bills, and let's focus on making sure every kid has a healthy breakfast and lunch at school every day. Food ought to be a fundamental human right for every single person in this country.

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