"I am thrilled to have a public-school champion leading our efforts."
"I would never be here providing a better life for my kids if I stopped."
"As elected leaders one of our most basic responsibilities is to make sure that children have enough to eat."
"Consistent access to nutritious food is a moral imperative, and an economic necessity."
"Sadly, child hunger remains a national crisis, particularly in the aftermath of COVID19."
"Although food insecurity has fallen, we know our work is far from over."
"Today we will focus on the steps we must take to make that aspiration a reality, specifically reauthorizing Federal child nutrition programs..."
"The American Families Plan would provide for more than 9 million additional children access to free meals..."
"Providing nutrition support after school and during the summer is also critical as students recover from a year of lost classroom time."
"I hope we can all work together and make some good changes to programs like the Summer Food Service Program, Farm to School, and other existing programs to address the gaps in service that exist befor..."
"I am hopeful that as we keep these priorities in mind--providing healthy meals that students will eat, allowing wholesome foods like cheese to remain on students' plates, and reforming existing progra..."
"I was recently having a conversation with an adult here in Oregon who said her sister still remembers in elementary school running around the house trying to find pennies because she was supposed to b..."