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Thursday, February 02, 2023
The House passed by voice vote Wednesday a bill that would improve liability protections for farmers, processors, supermarkets and other businesses that donate food.
White House officials are sifting through reams of outside comments about the goals of the upcoming White House hunger conference and have yet to announce a specific date or dates, or an agenda.
The White House on Wednesday announced plans to hold the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first such meeting in 53 years.
Rep. Jim McGovern has been pushing for a nationwide focus on ending hunger for a long time and in his role as Rules Committee Chairman, he included funding for a White House conference on the subject. Now, he's looking ahead at who should be included and subjects to be covered.
An extension of the 15% boost in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and more money for the Women, Infants and Children program are included in the $1.9 trillion stimulus package President-elect Joe Biden plans to propose to Congress.
The new Congress rekindled a dispute left over from last year’s farm bill debate as House Republicans sought to protect USDA’s move to tighten work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
House Democrats are setting the stage for a possible court battle with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue over his plan to make it harder for states to get waivers from food stamp work requirements.
If Democrats win control of the House, U.S. agriculture will face a very different set of committee leaders and approaches to regulatory policy than it has since the chamber has been under GOP control.
