Congressman Donald M. Payne of New Jersey is the latest member of the House of Representatives to show support for the Roadmap to End Global Hunger legislation (H.R. 2817). There are now 27 representatives co-sponsoring the bill.
The Roadmap legislation seeks to establish a White House office on global hunger to more effectively coordinate various U.S. government agencies. A number of organizations including Save the Children, World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, the Friends of the World Food Program and Mercy Corps made recommendations that formed the Roadmap bill.
The ultimate goal of the bill is to make global hunger a top priority for the Obama administration. With a White House office on global hunger a more coordinated strategy can be implemented to deal with the crisis that now impacts over 1 billion people worldwide. Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia are some of the many countries where the population suffers from hunger and malnutrition.
Read an interview with Heather Hanson of Mercy Corps discussing the Roadmap to End Global Hunger.
Representative Jim McGovern of Massachusetts introduced the Roadmap bill earlier this year. Here is a list of members of the House of Representatives co-sponsoring H.R. 2817, the Roadmap to End Global Hunger:
| Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 6/17/2009 | Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 10/29/2009 |
| Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 10/26/2009 | Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 10/15/2009 |
| Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 10/14/2009 | Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 6/23/2009 |
| Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 9/14/2009 | Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 10/7/2009 |
| Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 10/29/2009 | Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 10/1/2009 |
| Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 6/17/2009 |
| Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 6/17/2009 | Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 6/24/2009 | Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 10/14/2009 |
| Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 6/12/2009 | Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 11/2/2009 |
| Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 6/15/2009 | Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 9/22/2009 |
| Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/26/2009 | Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/19/2009 |
| Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 6/17/2009 |
table courtesy of the Library of Congress
photo courtesy of House.gov
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