SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24--RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 130
(Senate - July 31, 2019)
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 24--RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Con. Res. 24
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service was founded on
August 8, 1969, and has worked in a public-private
partnership to reduce food insecurity and promote nutritious
diets among the people of the United States;
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service partners with State
and local governments, Tribal organizations, school systems,
nonprofit organizations, private sector companies, and faith-
based organizations--
(1) to address hunger, poverty, and nutrition; and
(2) to provide support to over 36,000,000 people in the
United States who live in households that face hunger on a
daily basis;
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service administers 15
nutrition assistance programs that leverage the agricultural
abundance of the United States to ensure that children,
seniors, and low-income individuals and families have access
to nutritious food;
Whereas the programs of the Food and Nutrition Service
reach 1 in 4 people in the United States each year;
Whereas it is the mission of Food and Nutrition Service to
increase food security and reduce hunger while maintaining
the integrity and efficiency of programs that provide
nutrition assistance to the people of the United States when
those people are in need; and
Whereas the Food and Nutrition Service co-develops the
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provide science-based
nutrition recommendations and serve as the cornerstone of
Federal nutrition policy: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring), that Congress--
(1) recognizes the valuable historic and continued
contributions of the Food and Nutrition Service and the
employees of the Food and Nutrition Service to the nutrition,
health, and well-being of the people of the United States;
(2) commends the partnership efforts of States,
territories, local governments, Tribal organizations, school
systems, nonprofit charitable organizations, private sector
companies, and community-based organizations to end hunger
and provide nutritious food to the people of the United
States;
(3) encourages continued efforts--
(A) to educate the people of the United States on the
importance of eating nutritiously; and
(B) to provide nutrition assistance to all people of the
United States when those people are in need;
(4) recognizes that the Food and Nutrition Service uses the
bounty of the farmers and ranchers of the United States to
reduce food insecurity; and
(5) recognizes and reaffirms the commitment of the United
States to--
(A) ending hunger in the United States; and
(B) continuing to lead the world in ending hunger
worldwide.
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