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Summer Programs Help End Hunger

Floor Speech

Date: July 23, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, our Federal summer nutrition programs make sure kids have access to nutritious food over the summer months when hunger is often at its worst.

Last week, while I was home in Massachusetts, I visited summer meal sites in Worcester and Webster. I served nutritious sandwiches and taco salads to kids participating in a day camp and visiting a local library. The kids loved the food.

I also had the opportunity to join Governor Healey and officials from USDA in Westborough to celebrate the launch of the new summer EBT program, SUN Bucks, which is giving eligible families across the country $120 per eligible child to purchase food over the summer months.

This new Federal program, which I worked to establish coming out of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, is helping 21 million kids in 45 States, territories, and Tribes access nutritious food this summer.

Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my colleagues to visit sites in their district to learn more about these programs and commit to ending hunger now.

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