Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia is among the latest members of the House of Representatives to show support for the Roadmap to End Global Hunger legislation (H.R. 2817). There are now 23 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 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 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 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
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