Rep. Space, Sen. Brown Working To Stop Hunger
Rep. Zack Space announced yesterday that he will introduce legislation to provide emergency funding to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. Space’s bill would mirror similar legislation introduced in the Senate by Sherrod Brown.
Space’s announcement comes a day after his participation in the Second Harvest Foodbank “Hunger Knows No Holiday Tour” in Hocking and Jackson Counties.
“I find it appalling that we are the wealthiest country on Earth, yet there are millions of people who go hungry every day. Yesterday, I met families who sat for hours in the cold just to receive a meager allowance of food. This is not the Great Depression, and there is no excuse for children to go to bed hungry.
“Partisan bickering over the provisions of the Farm Bill should not delay funding to help parents provide food for their families. I applaud Senator Brown’s efforts, and hopefully these bills will quickly make it through to provide the emergency funding necessary to keep these vital programs running.”
– Rep. Zack Space
“More and more Ohioans need food assistance, but there is less and less food to go around. Standing in line at food banks, working families are teetering on the edge. Families are facing an impossible choice this winter – heat or eat. With more people in need, the government must come through.”
– Sen. Sherrod Brown
According to a release from Space’s office, the bill would provide $40 million in emergency funds to last until the programs regular funding, a part of the much debated Farm Bill, is passed.
