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Sep 8, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
Thread: Congress has a tremendous opportunity to reduce food hardship for low-income school kids by enacting the bill released by the @EdLaborCmte today for the economic recovery legislation. It would invest nearly $35b to make enormous strides forward. edlabor.house.gov/imo/media/doc/… First, some context: Households with children are more likely to experience food insecurity than those without children. In 2020, about 1 in 7 (14.8%) households with children were food insecure. ers.usda.gov/webdocs/public…