Ending Hunger in America
During its meeting on Monday, November 14, 2022, the Committee on Rules ordered reported to the House of a compilation of witness testimony, items for the record and letters of support from the below events.
- House Report 117-581: Ending Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities and the Political Will to Succeed PDF [ Warning: 99 MB download ]
The coronavirus pandemic has shined a bright light on the hunger crisis happening across the United States. But make no mistake: COVID-19 has worsened the hunger crisis, but it didn't cause it. And unless we act and act boldly, this epidemic in food insecurity will persist long after the coronavirus has passed.
I've always said that hunger is a political condition. We have the resources, and we know what it takes. We just have to muster the will to end it.
As chairman of the House Rules Committee, I have a unique platform to examine this issue, talk with experts, find solutions, and push for action. It is my hope we will develop ideas that Congress and the Biden administration can act on to ensure we are tackling this problem legislatively and administratively because this is truly an all-hands-on-deck moment.
I know the best solutions don't necessarily come from inside the walls of Congress. That's why I'm encouraging you to make your voice heard too. Whether you're an educator with exciting new research, an organization with an innovative concept, or a family on the front-lines, your voice deserves to be heard. And it will help guide us in this effort.
Together, we can finally end hunger now.
Hearings and Roundtables
- Ending Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities, and Building the Political Will to Succeed
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in Veterans and Military Families
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger Among Seniors and Multigenerational Families
- Ending Hunger in America: Using Technology to Combat Hunger
- Ending Hunger in America: Local Innovations to Inform a National Strategy
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in U.S. Territories
- Congressional Hunger Center Roundtable with Chairman McGovern
- Ending Hunger in America: Food As Medicine
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger on College Campuses
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining the Role Schools Play in Ending Hunger and Improving Nutrition
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Family Budgets and Food Insecurity
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining the Reality of Benefit Cliffs
- Ending Hunger in America: Food Insecurity in Rural America
- Ending Hunger in America: Examining Indigenous Nutrition and Food Systems
Site Visits
- Philadelphia, PA: Local Solutions for a National Crisis - June 2021
- New York, NY - June 7, 2021
- Washington, D.C. - June 2021
- Tucson, Tohono O'odham Nation and Phoenix, Arizona - August 2021
- New York, NY - August 2021
- California - August 2021
- New York, NY - November 2021
- Takoma Park, MD: Food System Resiliency - December 2021
- New York, NY- February 2022
- Worcester and Boston, MA - March 2022
Additional Events
- Instagram Live with Tom Colicchio
- Instagram Live with José Andrés
- Instagram Live with Soledad O'Brien
- Instagram Live on Hunger Among Veterans and Military Families
- Instagram Live with Tim Scalona
Letters of Support
- Letter from Senator Tom Harkin
- Letter from Senator Bob Dole to President Biden
- Letter from Senator Bob Dole to Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole
- Dear Colleague
- Letter from The National Education Association
- Letter from The Root Cause Coalition
- Letter from Food Bank Coalition of Massachusetts
- Letter to Secretaries Austin, McDonough, and Vilsack on Military Hunger
- Letter from Tohono O'odham Nation Department of Education
- Letter to President Biden from House Committee Chairs
- Letter from AARP
- Letter from Craig Rice, Council Member, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Chair of NACo Human Services and Education Steering Committee
- Letter from 100+ Institutions on College Hunger to President Biden
- Letter from Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- Letter from Anti-Hunger Organizations to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairs and Rankers
- Letter to President Biden from Private Sector Food Companies
- Letter from 182 Signatories Calling for Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health
- Letter from Faith-Based Leaders to President Biden
- Letter from Point32Health
- How Non-Federal Entities Can Best Help the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health Achieve Its Goals of Ending Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Nutrition Insecurity in the U.S., Hunger Free America
- How the White House Can Most Impactfully Implement a 2022 Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health, Hunger Free America
- Letter from Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee
Media
- ABC News: Military families face growing food insecurity(alternate link)
- CNN: Food Insecurity Growing Among Active-Duty Families
- NPR: Lawmakers Seek To Hold White House's First Food Insecurity Summit Since 1969
- CNN: This House Democrat is trying to end food insecurity in the United States
- Argus Leader: Ellis: A new McGovern continues Sen. George McGovern's life work on hunger, food insecurity
- KELO: Rep. Jim McGovern picks up Sen. George McGovern's mission to end hunger in the U.S.
- Ms. Magazine: Advancing Solutions to End Hunger Among Military Families and Veterans
- WTOP: 'Dramatic shift in the face of hunger' More Latino families struggling with food insecurity
- Agri Pulse: 'Opinion: It is time for a second White House food summit'
- Telegram and Gazette: Rep. McGovern joins Project Bread to kick off hunger tour as part of his nationwide push for conference on hunger
- Tucson Sentinel: Grijalva, Mass. congressman tour Tucson food bank while working on national hunger program
- Produce Blue Book: The SF Market hosts Congressman for tour to address food insecurity
- Daily Hampshire Gazette: McGovern pursues end to hunger through local farm tours
- WWLP: Congressman McGovern highlights farmers working to prevent hunger
- Telegram and Gazette: McGovern highlights Central Mass. farms that take food benefits
- Mass Live: Nancy Pelosi, Jim McGovern use visit to Worcester to announce coming bill on universal pre-K, child care
- Politico: Could Covid-19 finally end hunger in America?
- Telegram & Gazette: McGovern part of group introducing bill on White House hunger conference
- Food Bank News: McGovern: Now is Time for National Conference on Hunger
- Roll Call: In Bob Dole's legacy, McGovern sees what Congress can do to end hunger
- Bronx Times: Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern visits South Bronx, learns how groups are fighting food insecurity
- News Wise: In quest to end hunger, Green Bronx Machine welcomes U.S. Congressman James P. McGovern to CS55
- News 12 New York: Co-chair of House Hunger Caucus visits the Bronx to learn more about food insecurity
- WPIX 11 New York: Queens nonprofit getting national attention for fighting hunger
- McGovern: McGovern, Reschenthaler Lead Bipartisan Effort Urging Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity Among Military Families
- McGovern: House Passes McGovern Amendment Funding White House Hunger Conference
- McGovern: McGovern Calls on Biden Administration to Increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits
- McGovern: McGovern Statement on New Thrifty Food Plan Guidelines
- McGovern: Chairman Jim McGovern Leads All 25 House Committee Chairs Urging Biden Administration to Convene Hunger Conference
- McGovern: McGovern, Walorski, Pingree, Evans Introduce Legislation to Address Gaps in Medicare Coverage that Lead to Poor Health Outcomes
- McGovern: McGovern, Walorski, Booker, Braun Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Convene a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health
- McGovern: McGovern, Burgess Introduce New Bipartisan Resolution Calling for Nutrition Education for Medical Students and Physicians
- McGovern: McGovern, Newhouse, Pingree, Walorski Introduce New Bipartisan Bill to Increase Food Donations and Prevent Hunger
- McGovern: McGovern, Davis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Student Access to Healthy School Breakfasts
Published Op-Eds
- Civil Eats: Op-Ed: Hunger is a Political Decision. We Can Work to End It.(Chairman Jim McGovern, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes)
- Agri Pulse: Opinion: The White House Conference on Nutrition moves forward( Marshall Matz, Roger Szemraj)