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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 157 

Recognizing Bread for the World, on the 35th anniversary of its founding, 

for its faithful advocacy on behalf of poor and hungry people in our 

country and around the world. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2009 

Mr. LUGAR (for himself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. KOHL, Mr. 

BROWN, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. CASEY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Mr. DORGAN, and Ms. STABENOW) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JUNE 2, 2009 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Bread for the World, on the 35th anniversary 

of its founding, for its faithful advocacy on behalf of 

poor and hungry people in our country and around the 

world. 

Whereas Bread for the World, now under the leadership of 

the Reverend David Beckmann, has grown in size and influence, and is now the largest grassroots advocacy network on hunger issues in the United States and on behalf 

of impoverished people overseas; 

Whereas members of Bread for the World believe that by addressing policies, programs, and conditions that allow 


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hunger and poverty to persist, they are providing help 

and opportunity far beyond the communities in which 

they live; 

Whereas Bread for the World has inspired the engagement 

of hundreds of thousands of individuals, more than 8,000 

congregations, and more than 50 denominations across 

the religious spectrum to seek justice for hungry and 

poor people by making our Nation’s laws more fair and 

compassionate to people in need; 

Whereas members of Bread for the World use hand-written 

letters and other personalized forms of communication to 

convey to their legislators their moral concern for the 

needs of mothers, children, small farmers, and other hungry and poor people; and 

Whereas Bread for the World has a strong record of success 

in working with Congress to— 

(1) strengthen our national nutrition programs; 

(2) establish and fund the Child Survival account 

that has helped reduce child mortality rates worldwide; 

(3) increase and improve the Nation’s poverty-focused development assistance to help developing countries 

in Africa and other underprivileged parts of the world; 

(4) pass the Africa: Seeds of Hope Act of 1998 that 

redirected United States resources toward small-scale 

farmers and struggling rural communities in Africa; 

(5) lead an effort to provide debt relief to the 

world’s poorest countries and tie debt relief to poverty reduction; and 

(6) establish an emergency grain reserve to improve 

the Nation’s response to humanitarian crises: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes and commends Bread for the 

3 World, on the 35th anniversary of its founding, for 

4 its encouragement of citizen engagement, its advo5 cacy for poor and hungry people, and its successes 

6 as a collective voice; and 

7 (2) challenges Bread for the World to continue 

8 its work to address world hunger. 

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