IV 
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 deter-
mined 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 Eu-
gene, 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 or-
ganization, Bread for the World, one of the world’s fore-
most 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 Cam-
paign, which led to the passing of legislation that in-
cluded $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 
understand that Christianity is political or it’s not Chris-
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tianity. Bread for the World is such a friend.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life, accomplishments, and legacy 
of Arthur Simon; 
(2) celebrates the leadership and commitment 
of Arthur Simon to ending hunger in the United 
States and around the world; 
(3) commends the achievements of Arthur 
Simon in founding and growing a small group of 
people who wanted to study what they could do to 
solve hunger and care for those whom Jesus calls 
‘‘the least of these’’, into the collective Christian 
voice, Bread for the World; and 
(4) strongly supports the goal of ending hunger 
at home and abroad. 
Æ 
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