As Congress considers the Farm Bill, we hope members acknowledge that hunger is not a singular issue but rather a thread woven into the fabric of food production, distribution, and consumption.
Rep. Jackie Walorski
Rep. Jackie Walorski
U.S. Representative for Indiana s 2nd district
Poverty has generally been seen as an issue belonging to the compassionate Democrats. They seized the “caring” mantle way back when President Lyndon Johnson launched the “War on Poverty,” amid great fanfare, in the 1960s. Just one problem: poverty has been winning.
But now, Rep. Jackie Walorski, Indiana’s Congresswoman from the state’s second district, says it’s time for Republicans to step boldly into the arena, but with fresh, new–and winning–strategies that actually lift people out of poverty, as opposed to simply mailing them monthly checks.