End Hunger Now

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Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, the Biden-Harris administration recently announced nearly $1.7 billion in new commitments as part of the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities.

In 2022, when President Biden hosted the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, I told those in attendance that the event could not be a one-off. We couldn't gather in D.C., pat each other on the back, and not deliver on our ambitious goals.

These new bold commitments from 141 stakeholders from across the Nation, including health systems, insurers, nonprofits, philanthropic groups, academia, and local elected officials, show that we are not taking our foot off the gas to meet the President's goal of ending hunger and reducing diet-related diseases by 2030.

I want to thank President Biden; my good friend, Chef Jose Andres, from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition; Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra; and everyone who is playing a part big and small to end hunger once and for all.

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