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STATEMENT: Biden’s Executive Orders To Address Hunger in the United States Will Save Lives
Date: January 22, 2021
Contact: Julia Cusick
Washington, D.C. Today, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the growing hunger crisis in the United States. Following the signing of the orders,
Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines, vice president of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement:
At a time when tens of millions of people do not have enough to eat, the impact of today’s executive orders cannot be overstated. Today’s orders will keep food on families’ tables and save lives.