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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 378 

Honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Arthur ‘‘Art’’ Simon. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2019 

Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself and Mr. BOST) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the accomplishments and legacy of Arthur ‘‘Art’’ 

Simon. 

Whereas Arthur Simon was born on July 28, 1930, in Eugene, Oregon; 

Whereas Arthur Simon helped his father with his monthly 

magazine, The Christian Parent; 

Whereas Arthur Simon graduated from Dana College, where 

he fought for scholarships for minority populations as 

student body president; 

Whereas Arthur Simon was ordained as a Lutheran minister 

after attending Concordia Seminary; 

Whereas Arthur Simon pastored Trinity Lutheran Church on 

New York City’s Lower East Side from 1961 to 1972, 


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where he worked with community organizations to fight 

for better living conditions; 

Whereas, in 1973, Arthur Simon wrote ‘‘The Politics of 

World Hunger’’ with his brother, the late Senator Paul 

Simon; 

Whereas Arthur Simon wrote ‘‘Bread for the World’’, for 

which he won the national Religious Book Award; 

Whereas Arthur Simon founded the anti-hunger advocacy organization, Bread for the World, one of the world’s foremost grassroots organizations leading the charge to end 

hunger and poverty around the globe; 

Whereas Arthur Simon led the resolution entitled ‘‘The Right 

to Food’’, which established the worldwide right to food 

as a cornerstone of United States policy; 

Whereas, from 1992 to 1997, Arthur Simon directed the 

Washington Office of the Christian Children’s Fund; 

Whereas Arthur Simon worked on the Jubilee Debt Campaign, which led to the passing of legislation that included $435,000,000 toward debt relief for the world’s 

poorest nations; 

Whereas, in 2004, Arthur Simon was the 35th recipient of 

the ‘‘Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award’’; 

Whereas Arthur Simon won the ‘‘Presidential Hunger Award 

for Lifetime Achievement’’; 

Whereas Arthur Simon won the ‘‘Leadership Award’’ of the 

Center for Public Justice; and 

Whereas Desmond Tutu said of Arthur Simon’s Bread for 

the World, ‘‘We in Africa have many friends in the 

United States. Many of our brothers and sisters of faith 

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tianity. Bread for the World is such a friend.’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the life, accomplishments, and legacy 

3 of Arthur Simon; 

4 (2) celebrates the leadership and commitment 

5 of Arthur Simon to ending hunger in the United 

6 States and around the world; 

7 (3) commends the achievements of Arthur 

8 Simon in founding and growing a small group of 

9 people who wanted to study what they could do to 

10 solve hunger and care for those whom Jesus calls 

11 ‘‘the least of these’’, into the collective Christian 

12 voice, Bread for the World; and 

13 (4) strongly supports the goal of ending hunger 

14 at home and abroad. 

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