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
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Ending Hunger in America: Challenges, Opportunities, and Building the Political Will to Succeed
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Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in Veterans and Military Families
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Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger Among Seniors and Multigenerational Families
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Ending Hunger in America: Using Technology to Combat Hunger
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Ending Hunger in America: Local Innovations to Inform a National Strategy
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Ending Hunger in America: Examining Hunger in U.S. Territories
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Congressional Hunger Center Roundtable with Chairman McGovern
Site Visits
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Philadelphia, PA: Local Solutions for a National Crisis - June 2021
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New York, NY - June 7, 2021
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Washington, D.C. - June 2021
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Tucson, Tohono O'odham Nation and Phoenix, Arizona - August 2021
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New York, NY - August 2021
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California - August 2021
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New York, NY - November 2021
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Takoma Park, MD: Food System Resiliency - December 2021
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New York, NY - February 2022
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Worcester and Boston, MA - March 2022
Additional Events
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Instagram Live with Tom Colicchio
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Instagram Live with José Andrés
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Instagram Live with Soledad O'Brien
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Instagram Live on Hunger Among Veterans and Military Families
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Instagram Live with Tim Scalona
Letters of Support
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Letter from Senator Tom Harkin
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Letter from Senator Bob Dole to President Biden
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Letter from Senator Bob Dole to Chairman McGovern and Ranking Member Cole
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Dear Colleague
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Letter from The National Education Association
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Letter from The Root Cause Coalition
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Letter from Food Bank Coalition of Massachusetts
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Letter to Secretaries Austin, McDonough, and Vilsack on Military Hunger
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Letter from Tohono O’odham Nation Department of Education
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Letter to President Biden from House Committee Chairs
- Letter from AARP
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Letter from Craig Rice, Council Member, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Chair of NACo Human Services and Education Steering Committee
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Letter from 100+ Institutions on College Hunger to President Biden
- Letter from Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
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Letter from Anti-Hunger Organizations to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairs and Rankers
- Letter to President Biden from Private Sector Food Companies
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Letter from 182 Signatories Calling for Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger and Health
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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
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How the White House Can Most Impactfully Implement a 2022 Conference on Food, Nutrition, Hunger, and Health, Hunger Free America
Media
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ABC News: Military families face growing food insecurity (alternate link)
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NPR: Lawmakers Seek To Hold White House's First Food Insecurity Summit Since 1969
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CNN: This House Democrat is trying to end food insecurity in the United States
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KELO: Rep. Jim McGovern picks up Sen. George McGovern’s mission to end hunger in the U.S.
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Ms. Magazine: Advancing Solutions to End Hunger Among Military Families and Veterans
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WTOP: ‘Dramatic shift in the face of hunger’ — More Latino families struggling with food insecurity
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Agri Pulse: Opinion: It is time for a second White House food summit
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Produce Blue Book: The SF Market hosts Congressman for tour to address food insecurity
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Daily Hampshire Gazette: McGovern pursues end to hunger through local farm tours
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WWLP: Congressman McGovern highlights farmers working to prevent hunger
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Telegram and Gazette: McGovern highlights Central Mass. farms that take food benefits
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Telegram & Gazette: McGovern part of group introducing bill on White House hunger conference
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Food Bank News: McGovern: Now is Time for National Conference on Hunger
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Roll Call: In Bob Dole’s legacy, McGovern sees what Congress can do to end hunger
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WPIX 11 New York: Queens nonprofit getting national attention for fighting hunger
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McGovern: House Passes McGovern Amendment Funding White House Hunger Conference
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McGovern: McGovern Statement on New Thrifty Food Plan Guidelines
Published Op-Eds
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Civil Eats: Op-Ed: Hunger is a Political Decision. We Can Work to End It. (Chairman Jim McGovern, Congresswoman Jahana Hayes)
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Agri Pulse: Opinion: The White House Conference on Nutrition moves forward (Marshall Matz, Roger Szemraj)