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House Agriculture committee backs resolution designating May 28 as World Hunger Day in Pennsylvania
Summary
The House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee reported House Resolution 493 recognizing May 28, 2026, as World Hunger Day after members highlighted rising food insecurity — including claims of 1,700,000 food-insecure Pennsylvanians and 59,000 people losing SNAP access — and a brief exchange over federal policy language.
The House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee voted to report House Resolution 493, which recognizes May 28, 2026, as World Hunger Day in Pennsylvania, after members discussed the scope of food insecurity across the Commonwealth.
Representative Khan said the resolution is meant to draw attention to both lack of access to food and lack of access to nutritious food, and cited statistics to underline the problem: "we have 1,700,000 Pennsylvanians who are food insecure" and "1 in 6 children in Pennsylvania are food insecure," she said. Khan also described how students at Norwood Fontbonne Academy helped draft and promote the resolution through food drives and "bear boxes." Representative Khan added that "59,000 people in Pennsylvania have lost access to SNAP" as a result of recent federal changes, framing that as a factual point the resolution reflects.
Representative Kinkade urged an affirmative vote and said food insecurity has worsened since the pandemic, calling the issue an urgent priority. Representative Borowitz said he supported the intent of addressing hunger but objected to language in the resolution that criticized recent federal changes to nutrition programs, saying he disagreed with wording that he viewed as political.
After the discussion, the committee called the question and, with the House majority voting in the affirmative, Chair announced House Resolution 493 will be reported from the Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee.
The resolution is ceremonial and nonbinding; reporting means it will move out of committee for further consideration in the House, per committee practice.
