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Restore Funding for Lifesaving Food Aid

Floor Speech

Date: June 24, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the 23rd time to ask the Trump administration to honor its word and restore funding for lifesaving food aid for malnourished children. This is not a Democratic or Republican issue.

President Ronald Reagan expanded the Food for Peace program, calling it a way to share America's bounty with the world's most vulnerable.

President George W. Bush launched the largest global health initiative in history, PEPFAR, and strengthened food assistance, as well.

President Obama increased funding for ready-to-use therapeutic food for combating child hunger globally.

Why? Because all the of these Presidents, Democrats and Republicans, understood that feeding the world's hungry is not just a moral responsibility, but also an imperative for our own national security. If we don't do it, our adversaries will.

Now, since the Trump administration cut off this funding 5 months ago, factories are idle, shipments are not being made, and kids are going hungry. The Trump administration has said they will restore this funding, but it has been 5 months. They have not done it yet. They need to honor their word and restore funding.

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