Joe Baca: “I rise in support of S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Too many families are struggling to put food on the…”

“I rise in support of S. 3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Too many families are struggling to put food on the table. There are 40 million people going hungry in the United States right now. We recently passed the SNAP program. We recently put stimulus money to increase the SNAP program to provide food for many individuals. There is 9.6 percent unemployment in the United States, 14 percent in my district alone. These are individuals that are struggling to put food on the table. Can you imagine a child that does not have the ability to put food in their stomach? One in four American children are currently at risk of going hungry. You have to feel what a person who is actually going hungry and doesn't know where their meal is coming from. And one in three American children are either overweight or obese. When we talk about it's going to cost the taxpayers money, no, it's actually going to save the taxpayers money in the long run because it's costing us, right now, $147 billion in what we are paying for obesity right now. It would reduce our health costs in that area, reduce our costs overall.”