Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2005
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
- Organization: U.S. Newswire
- Link: http://weeklydigest.c.topica.com
Senator Richard Durbin (D- IL) introduced the Hunger-Free Communities
Act of 2005 to increase federal funding available to local organizations
working to reduce hunger in communities nationwide and establish an ambitious commitment to end hunger in the United States by 2015. The bill has bipartisan support with Senators Richard Lugar (R- IN), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), and Gordon Smith (R-OR) as cosponsors. According to the USDA, hunger and food insecurity in the United States has increased for the fourth straight year. In 2004, more than 36 million Americans -- including 13 million children -- lived with hunger or on the brink of hunger.
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